Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Cleveland, OH

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

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

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

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ASHTABULA
COUNTY UNTIL 830 THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THAT COUNTY DROPPED
TWO AND A QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN ON CONNEAUT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 440 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM CONNEAUT
TO YOUNGSTOWN TO AKRON. ANOTHER AREA WAS FROM NEAR FINDLAY TO CELINA...
THEN ANOTHER AREA WAS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM EAST OF CINCINNATI TO
HUNTINGTON... WEST VIRGINIA.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... STRONG
WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS UNDER
10 MPH AND DIRECTION WAS UNDETERMINABLE.

RAINFALL NEARING 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
DUE TO THEIR SLOW SPEED. FLOODIXNG OF URBAN AREAS... ALONG WITH SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS.

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 CLEVELAND OH
601 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR OHIO.

AT 555 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE LIMA-CELINA AREAS... ALONG THE OHIO RIVER NEAR WEST UNION... AND
FROM AROUND YOUNGSTOWN TO CARROLLTON.

AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR
ASHTABULA COUNTY UNTIL 830 THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. RAINFALL FROM THIS
THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN OVER 2 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL
SECTIONS.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS UNDER 10 MPH AND THE DIRECTION
WAS UNDETERMINABLE. THIS SLOW SPEED WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXCESSIVE
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.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AL/SO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS.

OHIOANS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR WATERS START RISING.

ECKERT

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

THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE YOUNGSTOWN-WARREN AND SHARON AREAS
HAVE ENDED... BUT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN COLUMBIANA
COUNTY AND ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

AT 8 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS
FROM EAST PALESTINE TO WELLSVILLE IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY.  THESE STORMS
MAY BRING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE MORE TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR THE TURNPIKE IN LAWRENCE
COUNTY AND NEAR MERCER IN MERCER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TAPER OFF AROUND 10 PM.  A FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MERCER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM AND
A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE MAHONING RIVER TONIGHT.
KOSARIK

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

AT 840 PM EDT WEATHER RADIO SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING
FROM CATTARAGUS COUNTY IN NEW YORK STATE...TO WESTERN MCKEAN COUNTY...
SOUTHEAST WARREN COUNTY AND NORTHERN FOREST COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST WARREN COUNTY
ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SINCE THEY CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES
TO THE GROUND.

HEAVY RAIN FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROAD SURFACES AND FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE A7REAS.

TJP/ERIE