Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
847 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989

AT 845 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CRAWFORD AND MORROW COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN SOME HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE
WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHLAND... ASHLAND AND
KNOX COUNTIES  BEWTEEN NOW AND 11 PM EDT.

IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

BANYAS

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

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

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO... YET THIS EVENING... BUT
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PART OF THE STATE.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM JUST WEST OF MANSFIELD TO NORTH OF
COLUMBUS. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCING
STRONG WINDS... HEAVY RAIN AND ALMOST CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE MANSFIELD AREA BY NINE O'CLOCK AND INTO
LORAIN AND MEDINA TOWARD TEN O'CLOCK. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...
THEY WILL ARRIVE IN THE CLEVELAND AND AKRON METROPOLITAN AREAS JUST
AFTER TEN THIS EVENING.

OTHER VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA AND HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. THESE STORMS WILL
MOVE INTO WESTERN OHIO AROUND TEN THIS EVENING.

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
...CO\RRECTED EASTERN TO WESTERN IN FIRST SENTENCE...

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

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WILLIAMS, FULTON, AND LUCAS COUNTIES
OF NORTHWEST OHIO.

AT 905 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY
RAIN..HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST.

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

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

SPICER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
925 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989

AT 920 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NORWALK...ACROSS THE MANSFIELD AREA TO ABOUT
ZANESVILLE OHIO. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

AT ABOUT 9PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL IN EASTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTY. SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS WERE KNOCKED TO THE
GROUND AT GALION..IN EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE LIGHTNING HAS
BEEN FREQUENT AND VERY INTENSE WITH A LOT OF CLOUD TO GROUND
STRIKES. HEAVY RAIN HAS CASUED SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING
AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

BANYAS

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