Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
837 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF OHIO
UNTIL MID-NIGHT.

A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF
SANDUSKY TO NEAR COSHOCTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS PRODUCED STRONG WINDS... PEA SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN
WHEN THEY MOVED ACROSS HURON COUNTY. ALMOST CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING ALSO
WAS OCCURRING.

AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH GALION... IN EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...
SMALL HAIL FELL AND A FEW SMALL LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN. IN SOUTWEST
LORAIN COUNTY PEA SIZE HAIL FELL IN WELLINGTON AND WINDS GUSTED TO 55
MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CLEVELAND AND ARKON METROPOLITAN AREAS
AROUND TEN O'CLOCK THIS EVENING.

OTHER VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF EASTERN
INDIANA INTO WESTERN OHIO. THESE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE
REST OF TONIGHT.

PEOPLE IN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE
NIGHT AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL AT LEAST
MID-NIGHT. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

ECKERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
1003 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF
NORTHEASTERN OHIO FOR TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.

OFF AND ON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED RIGHT THROUGH
THE DAY FRIDAY.  SOME OF THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AND A FEW
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY.

THE FIRST THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ENTER COLUMBIANA COUNTY BY 1030 PM
AND THEN MOVE INTO MAHONING AND TRUMBULL COUNTY BETWEEN 1030 AND
11 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS... THE CHANCE OF
SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.  STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WHILE LIGHTNING
IS OCCURING.
KOSARIK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
1100 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH HENRY, PUTNAM AND
HANCOCK COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO.

AT 1055 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTHWEST
HENRY COUNTY SOUTHEAST INTO WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY.  THIS LINE WAS
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.  THIS TRACK WILL TAKE IT INTO WOOD
COUNTY BY 1115 PM EDT AND INTO LUCAS COUNTY BY 1130 PM EDT.

PERSONS LIVING IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

ELH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1100 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 11 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM
SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS LAKE ERIE INTO THE
CLEVELAND AND FAIRPORT AREAS IN OHIO...AND FURTHUR SOUTH TO NEAR WHEELING
WEST VIRGINIA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 TO
50 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND
ADJACENT LAKE ERIE WATERS BETWEEN 1130 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

EARLIER IN OHIO SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO
60 MILES AN HOUR...HAIL AND ALMOST CONTINOUS LIGHTNING.

ALL INTERESvT SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST RADAR
REPORTS AND STATEMENTS.

SANDSTROM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1129 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN OHIO WILL BE DISCONTINUED AT 1130... BUT
WILL BE REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 O'CLOCK FRIDAY MORNING.

IT WILL COVER ABOUT THE NORTHWESTERN THREE-QUARTERS OF OHIO NORTH OF A
LINE FROM CINCINNATI TO JUST SOUTH OF COLUMBUS TO NEAR WHEELING... WEST
VIRGINIA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN INDIANA AND INTO WESTERN
OHIO LATE THIS EVENING AND WILL CROSS THE STATE TONIGHT. DAMAGING
WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF
OHIO THROUGH THE NIGHT.

LATE THIS EVENING RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE
NIGHT AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL AT LEAST
MID-NIGHT. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

ECKERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
1142 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST OHIO FOR THE NEXT
TWO TO THREE HOURS.

DUE TO HEAVY RAINS WITHIN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO AND THE
ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT FOUR TO FIVE HOURS SOME LOW-LYING ROADS AND UNDERPASSES WILL FLOOD.

DRIVERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING THESE AREAS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 5AM
EDT.

ELH/SPICER