Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Cleveland, OH

UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1145 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 1987

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN OHIO
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MONTGOMERY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
1215 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1987

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED INTO COLUMBIANA COUNTY.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM
ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER OF COLOMBIANA COUNTY IN OHIO LOCATED
FROM MINERVA TO ALLIANCE. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH
AND WILL MOVE THROUGH COLUMBIANA COUNTY BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 200 PM.

RADAR ALSO SHOWS NEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER MAHONING COUNTY.

MOTORISTS AND RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THESE
STORMS THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND CAUSE SOME
TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... SMALL HAIL
BRIEF GUSTY 4WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD BE READY TO
TAKE COVER WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH.
KOSARIK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
120 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1987

VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER LAKESHORE COUNTIES.

AT 120 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINS IN EASTERN LAKE... NORTHEAST GEAUGA COUNTIES. THEY WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST INTO ASHTABULA COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN
WAS ALONG ROUTE 224 BETWEEN GREENWHICH AND LODI IN NORTHERN ASHLAND
COUNTY.

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SOUTH OF LAKESHORE AREA IT
WAS NORTHWEST OF MANSFIELD NEAR THE CITY OF SHELBY IN NORTHWEST
RICHLAND COUNTY.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE LAKESHORE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THEY CAN PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS... HAIL.. AND GUSTY WINDS.
THOMPSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
345 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 1987

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO EXCEPT THE
NORTHWEST COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM EDT.

AT 320 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OHIO TO CLEVELAND... AND THEN TO COLUMBUS. A
RELATIVELY LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF THE STATE SOUTH
AND WEST OF COLUMBUS.  MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED IN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING BOTH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HAILSTONES 3/4 INCH IN
DIAMETER FELL ON ASHTABULA COUNTY BETWEEN 215 PM AND 230 PM. THE
WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED AN UNCOMFIRMED REPORT OF WIND DAMAGE FROM THE
GEAUGA COUNTY COMMMUNITY OF THOMPSON AT 305 PM.

BESIDES HAIL AND HIGH WINDS... OHIOANS COULD ALSO EXPERIENCE HEAVY
DOWNPOORS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE STAjTE. RESIDENTS OF
THE BUCKEYE STATE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND
LISTEN FOR LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE.

KWIATKOWSKI