Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
100 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL
5 PM EDT.

A 1245 PM SHOWERS AND SOME HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST
OHIO WEST OF TOLEDO.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 35 MPH.  NO
REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THESE STORMS.
MORAVEK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
230 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO FROM
ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES WEST UNTIL 5PM EDT.

AT 215 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM THE ISLANDS OF LAKE ERIE TO MARBLEHEAD TO JUST NORTH OF
BUCYRUS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME WESTERN LAKE ERIE TO
TOLEDO AND BOWLING GREEN, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE WEAKENED A LITTLE SINCE
115PM.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND
WILL REACH A LORAIN TO MANSFIELD LINE BY 3PM  AND A WESTERN ASHTABULA
COUNTY TO AKRON LINE BY 4PM.

AS YET, NO SEV:ERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. HOWEVER, PEOPLE IN THE
WATCH AREA OF NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF WEATHER
BECOMES THREATENING.

MATANICK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
340 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST
OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT.

THIS WATCH REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT
EARLIER TODAY. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE AREA OF OHIO ROUGHLY WEST
OF A VERMILION TO DELAWARE LINE, AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DELAWARE TO
THE OHIO BORDER SOUTHWEST OF CELINA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF
TOLEDO, SANDUSKY, LIMA AND MARION.

AT 335 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE OVER LAKE ERIE,
JUST EAST OF THE ISLANDS, INLAND THROUGH SANDUSKY TO NEAR FINDLAY.

AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THE SANDUSKY AREA WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
MPH WERE REPORTED FROM BAY VIEW AND CEDAR POINT AMUSEMENT PARK.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL REACH THE EAST
SIDE OF CLEVELAND BY 445 PM EDT. RAIN WILL END IN NORTHERN OHIO FOR A
PERIOD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING, BUT MORE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WESTERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS.

THIS SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS AND TORNADOES AND IS THE REASON THAT THE WATCH WAS EXTENDED.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY QUICKLY.

MAXIMUK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
400 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 1986

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE IN LORAIN
COUNTY.

AT 400 PM EDT WINDS WERE MEASURED T HIGHER THAN 50 MPH. ALSO THERE HAVE
BEEN REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN VERMILION.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST ALONG THE LAKESHORE AND OUT OVER THE
LAKE. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST THEY WILL CAUSE GUSTY WINDS
RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE.

THE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE INTO CLEVELAND'S WESTERN
SUBURBS AND PASS THROUGH BAY VILLAGE, ROCKY RIVER AND LAKEWOOD BY 430
PM EDT. THE STORMS COULD HAVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND WILL HAVE
VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LORAIN AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES WILL HAVE RAIN, BUT
THE WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG.

PEOPLE IN THE GREATER CLEVELAND AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY SHOULD IT BECOME
THREATENING.

MAXIMUK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
422 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 1986

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 420 PM THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON, ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LORAIN OHIO EASTWARD INTO
ASHTABULA COUNTY. THIS AREA EXTENDS AS FAR SOUTH AS AKRON AND NORTH
ACROSS THE LAKE INTO CENTRAL ONTARIO. SOME HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS
ARE PRESENTLY IN THE CLEVELAND AREA. THIS PRECIPITATION IS
MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. SOME GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE OHIO LAKESHORE IN THE CLEVELAND
AREA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE AFFECTING THE ERIE AREA WITHIN THE HOUR
AND CONTINUE UNTIL 7 TO 8 OCLOCK THIS EVENING.