Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
345 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 830 PM.

AT 330 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
TOLEDO TO FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR. SINCE THEY WERE THREATENING TO INVADE THE WESTERN END
OF LAKE ERIE A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM MAUMEE BAY TO
VERMILON UNTIL 515 PM.

NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY THESE STORMS HAD BEEN RECEIVED AT 330
PM, BUT THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RAPIDLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. OHIOANS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE WEATHER
SERVICE.

IN ADDITION.. A FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
FOR ASHTABULA.. GEUAGA.. AND LAKE COUNTIES.
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THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ENTERED THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE THIS
AFTERNOON SHOULD REACH THE EAST LAKESHORE COUNTIES DURING THE EVENING.
SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND THE GROUND IN
NORTHEAST OHIO IS ALREADY SOAKED THERE IS A THREAT OF RAPID FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS AND LOW AREAS.

THE THREAT OF FLOODING IN NORTHEAST OHIO WILL END TONIGHT AS
PRECIPITATION MOVES( OUT OF THE AREA. UNTIL THEN PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE
AREAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE WEATHER
SERVICE AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IF WATER RISES.

KWIATKOWSKI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
536 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 545 PM EDT THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON ERIE RADAR SHOWS VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS LAKE ERIE..WHILE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
WEST ARE MOVING EASTWARD INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THESE  STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WEATHER IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THERE THUNDERSTORMS..ALONG WITH HAIL AND LIGHTING

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.