Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
145 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1988

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A SMALL PORTION OF
NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM TODAY.

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TOLEDO... FINDLAY AND LIMA.

AT 135 PM... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR LANSING MICHIGAN TO JUST WEST OF HILLSDALE INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS DOTTED THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF OHIO FROM ASHTABULA
TO NORTH OF LORAIN THEN BECAME ORGANIZED AS A NORTH... SOUTH LINE FROM
LORAIN SOUTH THROUGH OBERLIN AND MANSFIELD.

AT 105 PM.. A THUNDERSTORM DUMPED PEA SIZED HAIL IN NEW LONDON OF HURON
COUNTY ALONG WITH A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN IN 5 MINUTES. LIGHTNING CAUSED
NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES IN THAT COMMUNITY.
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THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND THE
THE WATERS OF LAKE ERIE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL ESPRECIALLY OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF THE STATE.

DRAG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
420 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1988

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MAHONING AND
SHENANGO VALLEYS UNTIL 10 PM.

AT 415 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST TRUMBULL
COUNTY NEAR WEST FARMINGTON.  THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF DAMAGING
WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS BUT HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
IS LIKELY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POP UP QUICKLY THIS EVENING AND ANY
THUNDERSTORM MAY BECOME SEVERE.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES
MOVE QUICKLY INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION^.

KOSARIK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
443 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1988

SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE A PROBLEM FOR OHIO THIS EVENING... BUT WELCOME
COOLER CONDITIONS MAY COME THIS WEEKEND.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO
UNTIL 10 PM. AT 430 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER MUCH OF THE
STATE... ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST HALF. THESE STORMS WERE GENERALLY
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION... A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WAS
JUST MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES AT 430 THIS AFTERNOON. THESE
STORMS WERE HEADING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE STORMS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTING OHIO THIS AFTERNOON HAVE PRODUCED
WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE IN SEVERAL CASES.
THE STATE SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE NUMEROUS STORMS INTO TONIGHT
AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THEY WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AGAIN.
OHIOANS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE
WEATHER SERVICE.
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BESIDES STRONG WINDS... THE STORMS THAT WILL BE AFFECTING OHIO THIS
EVENING COULD ALSO BRING HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AS OF 430 PM
THE WEATHER SERVICE HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF RAINFALL RATES OF
GREATER THAN AN INCH PER HOUR. HOWEVER... MOST DOWNPOURS THIS EVENING
SHOULD NOT LAST TOO LONG.

THE SEVERE WEATHER IN OHIO OUGHT TO END BY MIDNIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE AFTER THAT... BUT THE PRECIPITATION
SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST AS MORNING APPROACHES. EXCEPT FOR A
CHANCE OF MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES
SATURDAY... THE WEEKEND OUGHT TO BE BASICALLY DRY IN OHIO. SKIES SHOULD
CLEAR FROM THE WEST SATURDAY AND STAY CLEAR THROUGH SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL STAY ON THE WARM SIDE TONIGHT IN OHIO WITH LOWS
MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 70S. SOMETHING OF A BREAK IN THE RECENT HOT SPELL
WILL COME AFTER THAT. HIGHS BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ARE GOING TO BE IN
THE MID OR UPPER 80S WITH LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE 60S. HUMIDITIES
SHOULD BEGIN A DOWNTURN SATURDAY THAT MOST OHIOANS WILL FIND VERY
WELCOME.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THAT IS EXPECTED IN OHIO TONIGHT WILL BE TRIGGERED
BY A COLD FRONT THAT WAS FROM MICHIGAN TO NORTHWEST INDIANA ON THE
LATEST WEATHER MAP. THE FRONT OUGHT TO CROSS OHIO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING. BY SATURDAY EVENING THE WEATHER MAP WILL SHOW THE FRONT OVER
PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA...  WITH A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
OVER WESTERN OHIO.

KWIATKOWSKI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
427 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 435 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL
FOREST COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. SKYWARN OBSERVERS NEAR TIONESTA
REPORTED ONE-HALF INCH HAIL AND 30 TO 35 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL BE ENTERING WARREN COUNTY WITHIN A HALF HOUR.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE BORDER OF CRAWFORD AND
VENANGO COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHTOUT NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE.
IF YOU DO SEE THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPING IN YOUR AREA...REMAIN INDOORS
AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANI
UNTIL 10 PM.

TJP/FW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
515 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ERIE COUNTY...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WERE REPORTED
NEAR SPRINGFIELD IN WESTERN ERIE COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA. THESE
STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
AND WILL CONTAIN WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...HEAVY DOWNPOURS
AND HAIL.

IF YOU SEE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING YOUR AREA...REMAIN INDOORS AND STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THE STORM SITUATION.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST
PENNYSLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT.
TJP/FW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
545 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1988

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO
UNTIL 10 PM.

AT 530 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OHIO. THE
LINE WENT FROM JUST SOUTH OF TOLEDO... TO FINDLAY... TO ABOUT
20 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS... TO APROXIMATELY 30 MILES EAST OF
CINCINNATI. STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR THE
OHIO-INDIANA BORDER AT 530. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.

BETWEEN THEM... THESE LINES OF STORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE WEST HALF
OF OHIO IN THE HOUR ENDING AT 630 PM. ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER SERVICE IN
OHIO HAS RECEIVED NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURING BETWEEN ABOUT
330 PM AND 530 PM... THE STORMS THAT WILL AFFECT WEST OHIO THIS EVENING
COULD DEFINITELY CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL. PEOPLE THERE SHOULD BE
READY TO SEEK SHELTER ON SHORT NOTICE.

OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF OHIO... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN PROGRESS AT 530 PM. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
ABOUT ABOUT 30 MPH. WHILE THE STORMS IN EASTERN OHIO WERE SOMEWHAT
WEAKER THAN THOSE IN THE WEST... THEY WERE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS OR HAIL.

KWIATKOWSKI