Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
1215 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986

VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER MERCER COUNTY
IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

AT 1210 PM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF GREENVILLE TO SANDY LAKE.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE EAST AT
35 MPH.

CONDITIONS IN NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSLYVANIA ARE FAVORABLE
FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.  PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE
READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER LOOKS THREATENING.

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING, AND
MOTORIST SHOULD NOT CROSS FLOODED STREETS.

MCMULLEN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1235 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 1230 WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
FORMING OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL LAKE ERIE AND
WILL BE AFFECTING ERIE COUNTY AND ADJACENT LAKE ERIE WATERS BEGINNING
AROUND 100 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR WHEN
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
PARRISH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
254 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM...
...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT...

AT 250 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OCCURRING FROM THE JAMESTOWN AREA OF WESTERN NEW YORK...SOUTHWESTWARD...
THROUGH WARREN AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.  THESE
STORMS ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
CAUSING FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THESE COUNTIES...AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTH-
EASTWARD...THEY WILL AFFECT WARREN..EASTERN CRAWFORD..FOREST..MCKEAN AND
VENANGO COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR..MOTORISTS SHOULD
USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THROUGH THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

PARRISH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
318 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR TWO AREAS OF OHIO
UNTIL THIS EVENING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM EDT FOR EXTREME
EASTERN OHIO, THAT IS, THE AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE COUNTY TO
MONROE COUNTY. THE SECOND WATCH IS FOR NORTHWEST OHIO NORTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM PORT CLINTON TO LIMA. THAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
9PM EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS OHIO AT 3PM, BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER
HAS BEEN REPORTED.

THE AIR IS UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD INCREASE IN AREA AND
INTENSITY.

LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND PREPARE TO
 TAKE SHELTER IF CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

MATANICK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
501 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986

THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO
UNTIL 9PM. HOWEVER, THE WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME
EASTERN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

IT WAS A WARM, HUMID SUMMERY DAY IN OHIO WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. SO FAR NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED, BUT
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE EVENING IN NORTHWEST OHIO. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD
BEEN REPORTED IN INDIANA, AND THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST.

IN NORTHWEST OHIO THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES..
WILLIIAMS, DEFIANCE, PAULDING, FULTON, HENRY, PUTNAM, LUCAS, WOOD,
HANCOCK, VAN WERT, ALLEN, OTTAWA, SANDUSKY AND SENECA.

PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST OHIO COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ON THE ALERT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER. LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS, OR POSSIBLE WARNING, FROM THE
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS TAKE SHELTER.
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

ALL OHIO STATIONS REPORTED TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON. AT
YOUNGSTOWN THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO A NEW HIGH FOR THE DAY OF 85 DEGREES
AT 115 PM. THE OLD RECORD WAS 84 IN 1959.

REPORTED RAIN AMOUNTS WERE LIGHT AND SPOTTY FOR THE SIX HOURS ENDING AT
2PM. AT TOLEDO THERE WAS A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN DURING THAT TIME.
MUCH OF THE RAIN FELL AT NON REPORTING POINTS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCLUDED IN NATIONAL WEATHERS SERVICE
FORECASTS THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN WARM AND HUMID. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 80S
SATURDAY AND IN THE 70S AND 80S SUNDAY.

ON THE WEATHER MAP A WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM WISCONSIN TO MICHIGAN
AND NEW YORK.  IT WILL DROP DOWN INTO NORTHEAST OHIO BY SATURDAY
EVENING. HIGH PRESURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH
SUND1AY.

RJM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
552 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT FOR
NORTHWEST OHIO.

UP UNTIL 530 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. THERE WERE
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH FROM SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN
TO EXTRME NORTHWEST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD LISTEN FOR NATIONAL WEATHER STATEMENTS,
AND ANY WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED, AND TAKE SHELTER IF CONDITIONS
BECOME THREATENING.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

MATANICK