Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
445 PM EDT WED MAY 14 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL
10 PM EDT FOR MOST OF THE WESTERN THIRD OF OHIO.

THE AREA OF THE WATCH WILL INCLUDE THAT PART OF THE STATE WEST OF A LINE
FROM BOWLING GREEN SOUTH TO THE OHIO RIVER IN ADAMS COUNTY.   REMEMBER A
TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF
TORNADOES OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.

AT MID AFTERNOON THERE WERE SOME AREAS OF RAIN SHOWERS, MAINLY ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO.  SCATTERED SHOWERS OCCURRED THROUGH THE
MORNING IN MANY PARTS OF THE STATE, BUT RAIN AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY
LIGHT, AROUND ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 60S IN MANY SECTIONS OF
NORTHERN OHIO TO THE LOW 80S ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN SOUTHERN OHIO.
GENERALLY MILD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.

HIGH PRESSURE WAS NEARLY STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE EAST COAST
FROM NEW ENGLAND TO THE CAROLINAS.  A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM
MINNESOTA THROUGH IOWA AND MISSOURI TO SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND REACH A POSITION
FROM LAKE HURON THROUGH SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS TO
MISSOURI AND KANSAS BY FRIDAY EVENING.  LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP
ALONG THIS FRONT OVER KANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD
THE GREAT LAKES SATURDAY.

THOMPSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
610 PM EDT THU MAY 15 1986

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN WESTERN OHIO.

THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO AROUND 530 PM
EDT.  THE STORMS DEVELOPED OVER UNION HARDIN AND LOGAN COUNTIES
WEST OF COLUMBUS AND HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST  ABOUT 40 MPH.
ONE-HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY WITH ONE
OF THESE STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUEzS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR MOST OF
THE WESTERN THIRD OF OHIO.

IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING IN YOUR AREA MOVE TO A SAFE
PLACE.

THOMPSON