Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
300 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 1987

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE
THIS AFTERNOON.

CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR AT 300 PM EDT SHOWS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE FROM TOLEDO THROUGH SANDUSKY..NORTHERN LORAIN
COUNTY.. CLEVELAND THEN INLAND ACROSS SOUTHERN GEAUGA AND NORTHERN
TRUMBULL COUNTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE EAST INTO NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA.

THESE THUNDERSTOMS WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MPH. THE NORTHERN OHIO
COUNTIES WILL HAVE SOME PASSING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN SCATTERED AREAS ACROSS OHIO EARLY TONIGHT.

PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN OHIO @COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT TO DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS AND TAKE COVER IF SKIES BECOME UNUSUALLY THREATENING.
MONTGOMERY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
332 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN AFFECT UNTIL 8PM EDT THIS EVENING...

AT 3:30PM EDT..ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM SOUTHERN NEW YORK..ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA..INTO NORTHEAST
OHIO.

THE HEAVIEST STORMS ARE OCCURING IN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA..EXTENDING INTO TRUMBULL AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST OHIO.  OTHER VERY HEAVY STORMS WERE NOTED IN CATTARAUGUS
COUNTY IN NEW YORK.  NO SEVERS WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED THUS FAR.

THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS..HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIlONS
AND STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
RLW/ERIE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
355  PM EDT SAT JUL 25 1987

AT 350 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
GRAFTON OHIO EAST ACROSS NORTHERN SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES OF
OHIO. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

THIS LINE SHOULD MOVE THRU THE AKRON CANTON AREA WITHIN THE NEXT
1 TO 2 HOURS.

PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IN THE~IR AREAS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
435 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 1987

AT 430 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED  HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
OVER MERCER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA AND TRUMBULL COUNTY IN OHIO.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM FRANKLIN TO
TO WARREN TO WEST OF CLEVELAND.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING.  PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

TAYLOR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
450 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF
OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT.

THE WATCH IS GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AT 445 PM EDT WEATHER
RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DOWNTOWN TOLEDO
THROUGH FREMONT... GRAFTON AND AKRON TO NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN. THE STORMS
IN THE LINE WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH WHILE THE LINE WAS SINKING
SLOWLY SOUTH.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE NORTH SIDE OF AKRON AND 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FREMONT.

AT 420 PM EDT THE MEDINA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WIND DAMAGE IN THE
HINCKLEY AREA. A POLE BARN WAS DOWNED ALONG WITH TREES AND UTILITY
LINES. THIS STORM MOVED INTO SUMMIT COUNTY AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THAT COUNTY UNTIL 540 PM EDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT SHOULD MAKE ITS
WAY INTO NORTHERN OHIO TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL NOT LOWER TEMPERATURES
MUCH IN THE STATE UNTIL MONDAY OR TUESDAY.

THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUED IN OHIO TODAY. TEMPERATURES CLIMBED INTO THE
UPPER 80S TO THE LOWER 90S THROUGHOUT THE STATE. ALONG WITH THE HIGH
TEMPERATURES CAME HIGH HUMIDITIES.

SUNDAY WILL SEE MORE HEAT IN THE BUCKEYE STATE WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 80S IN NORTHERN
OHIO TO THE LOWER 90S ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE HEAT ADD ENERGY TO THE ATMOSPHERE.

ON THE WEATHER MAP THIS AFTERNOON A VERY SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WAS
JUST NORTH OF LAKE ERIE TO SOUTHERN IOWA. HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUED TO
COVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN OHIO TONIGHT AND DRIFT TO
CENTRAL COUNTIES BY SUNDAY EVENING.

MAXIMUK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
441 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST
 PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 440 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA FROM SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...EXTENDING SOUTH INTO MERCER
AND VENANGO COUNTIES.  ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSRORMS WAS IN EASTERN
WARREN COUNTY INTO MCKEAN COUNTY.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.  HOWEVER, THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS...WITH 11/2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR
AT GUYS MILLS...AND 1.2 INCHES IN 20 MINUTES REPORTED SOUTH OF COCHRANTON.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN
HOUR.

AS INDICATED THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND MAY PRODUCE
STRONG WINDS AND HAIL.  SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST

RADAR REPORTS AND FOR FURTHUR STATEMENTS