Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1230 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 1230 PM RADAR INDICATES SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL LAKE ERIE...NORTHEAST OF PRESQUE ISLE BAY...
SOUTHWESTWARD INTO ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
AND ON INTO NORTHEAST OHIO.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WHERE LOCATED
OVER THE LAKE...NORTH OF ERIE...AND IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CRAWFORD
COUNTY. MOVMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING
OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS...A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL AT THE
AIRPORT DURING THE PAST HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR.

SMALL BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE AND PRESUQE ISLE BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
PARRISH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
124 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER FULTON COUNTY
BETWEEN WAUSEON AND DELTA THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 120 PM EDT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF DELTA. THE STORM DEVELOPED QUITE RAPIDLY
AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS.. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS. THE STORM APPEARED TO BE MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST.

RESIDENTS IN SOUTHEAST FULTON COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.

COVERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
237 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN TO PARTS OF ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTY
THIS AFTERNOON...

DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN FORMING ALONG THE
PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE...EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
TO ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO.

THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES TO THE GROUND AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.

AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTY...SOME
FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER ROADS...UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ANY ROADS THAT ARE FLOODED AND REMAIN INDOORS
WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH YOUR AREA.

TJP/ERIE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
308 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
NORTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TOLEDO... FINDLAY... COLUMBUS... AKRON...
CLEVELAND... AND ZANESVILLE.

ALSO... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR HENRY AND
FAIRFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT. A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD
WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR HENRY COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT.

AT 300 THIS AFTERNOON RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN TOLEDO AND
FINDLAY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT OF THE
STORMS WAS EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... STRONG WINDS
AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. SINCE THE MOVEMENT IS SO SLOW... RAINFALL OF OVER
TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS.

FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND QUICK RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING THREATENS.

ECKERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
340 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST THROUGH
SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TOLEDO... FINDLAY... COLUMBUS... AKRON...
CLEVELAND... AND ZANESVILLE.

ALSO... URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR HENRY
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM AND FAIRFIELD COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM. A SPECIAL MARINE
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM CONNEAUT TO RIPLEY UNTIL 530 PM
EDT.

AT 335 THIS AFTERNOON RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM FINDLAY TO NEAR
FORT WAYNE... INDIANA. ANOTHER BATCH WERE FROM CONNEAUT TO
YOUNGSTOWN... THEN ANOTHER AREA WAS FROM COLUMBUS TO PORTSMOUTH.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... STRONG
WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10
MPH AND THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RAINFALL OF OVER 2 INCHES IN SOME
AREAS.

FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND QUICK RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

OHIOANS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING OCCURS.

ECKERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
408 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL POUND THE MAHONING AND SHENANGO
VALLEYS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL POP UP QUICKLY AND PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.  THE STORMS
ARE DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.  SINCE THE STORMS ARE
MOVING SO SLOW... THE HEAVY RAIN MAY LAST LONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED STREETS... DRIVE VERY SLOWLY TO MAINTAIN
CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.  NEVER DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH DEEP WATER.
TWO FEET OF WATER IS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR CAR FLOAT OR SWEEP YOU OFF
YOUR 1FEET.

KOSARIK