Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Cleveland, OH

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

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

WARNINGS FOR LORAIN AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED.

IN LORAIN COUNTY...THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS...
HALF TO THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL... AND TORRENTIAL RAINS BETWEEN 420 AND
515 PM.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY BETWEEN 430 AND 545PM.

AT 545PM... RADAR WAS SHOWING AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LAKESHORE OF LORAIN COUNTY WEST ACROSS ERIE
COUNTY THEN SOUTHWEST TO FINDLAY AREA OF NORTHWEST OHIO. STORMS WERE
DRIFTING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

MANY OF THE STORMS BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND TOLEDO WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL
RAINS FOR AN HOURS TIME CAUSING LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING... GUSTY WINDS
TO 40 MPH AND SOME SMALL HAIL THIS EVENING.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR VIRTUALLY ALL OF OHIO WILL CONTINUE
IN EFFECT TIL 8PM.
DRAG

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ERIE COUNTY OF
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 720PM AND FOR MEDINA COUNTY UNTIL 750 PM.

SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ERIE COUNTY.
AT 555PM...1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED AT CEDAR POINT. AT 558...
THE ERIE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THE COUNTY. AT 622 PM...
TWO FOOT DIAMATER TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN BAY POINT OF THE CITY OF
MARBLEHEAD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR VIRTUALLY
ALL OF OHIO EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTH EDGE OF THE STATE.

AT 645 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD OVER OHIO.
SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS HAVE REQUIRED WARNINGS. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS CAUSING LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING...
HALF TO THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL... GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH.

STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...GENERALLY 10 MPH OR LESS. A STRONG
THREAT FOR BRIEF URBAN FLOODING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL STREAM FLOODING
CONTINUES THIS EVENING IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST FOR MORE
THAN AN HOUR.
DRAG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED PGH 2 TYPOS..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
652 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ERIE COUNTY OF
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 720PM AND FOR MEDINA COUNTY UNTIL 750 PM.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ERIE COUNTY.
AT 555PM...1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED AT CEDAR POINT. AT 558...
THE ERIE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THE COUNTY. AT 622 PM...
TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN BAY POINT OF THE CITY OF
MARBLEHEAD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR VIRTUALLY
ALL OF OHIO EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTH EDGE OF THE STATE.

AT 645 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD OVER OHIO.
SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS HAVE REQUIRED WARNINGS. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS CAUSING LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING...
HALF TO THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL... GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH.

STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...GENERALLY 10 MPH OR LESS. A STRONG
THREAT FOR BRIEF URBAN FLOODING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL STREAM FLOODING
CONTINUES THIS EVENING IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST FOR MORE
THAN AN HOUR.
DRAG CORRECTED PGH 2 TYPOS.