Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Cleveland, OH

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

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

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN MCKEAN COUNTY PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...

AT 930 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING
FROM CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN NEW YORK STATE TO WESTERN MCKEAN COUNTY...SOUTHEAST
WARREN COUNTY AND NORTHEAST FOREST COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA.  THE LINE OF THUNDER-STORMS IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST.

SKYWARN OBSERVERS IN MCKEAN COUNTY REPORTED FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES TO
THE GROUND AS THE STORMS APPROACHED KANE IN SOUTHERN MCKEAN COUNTY.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE
TO MOVE THROUGH MCKEAN COUNTY.

STAY IN YOfUR HOMES AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.  STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WHILE LIGHTING IS OCCURRING.

TJP/ERIE