Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
650 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR NORTHWEST
OHIO...WEST AND NORTH OF LINE FROM ROUGHLY MARBLEHEAD TO UPPER SANDUSKY
TO VAN WERT.

AT 645 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
LANSING MICHIGAN TO GOSHEN INDIANA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DOWNED
SOME TREES WEST OF GOSHEN AROUND 630 PM. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST
AROUND 35 MPH.

RADAR ALSO SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS FROM SOUTH OF TOLEDO TO NEAR
FINDLAY. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WAS DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY AND MOVING
EAST-NORTHEAST.

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHWEST OHIOG WILL OCCUR AS
THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
750 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR NORTHWEST
OHIO...WEST AND NORTH OF LINE FROM ROUGHLY MARBLEHEAD TO UPPER SANDUSKY
TO VAN WERT.

AT 745 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN THROUGH THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OHIO TO NORTH OF
FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS PROMPTED THE
ISSUANCE OF SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS IN MICHIGAN AND
INDIANA. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.

RAIN WAS FALLING AT THE RAIN OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN WILLIAMS COUNTY
AROUND 730 PM EDT. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE MODERATE FLOODING OF
DRAINAGE SYSTMS... CREEKS AND STREAMS.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY AND MOVE FASTER
AS IT MOVED INTO MORE UNSTABLE AIR OVER NORTHERN OHIO. THERE IS A GOOD
POSSIBILITY THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED EAST
LATER THIS EVENING.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND
HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
855 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR NORTHWEST
OHIO...WEST AND NORTH OF LINE FROM ROUGHLY MARBLEHEAD TO UPPER SANDUSKY
TO VAN WERT.

AT 850 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
JUST EAST OF MONROE MICHIGAN TO GENOA OHIO TO NEAR FOSTORIA. THE LINE
WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH.

AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH TOLEDO THEY PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH AND DOWNED TREES AND UTILITY LINES. TREES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN
IN WOOD AND WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTIES BETWEEN 830 AND 845 PM EDT.

THE STORMS APPEARED TO BE WEAKENING AS THEY MOVED EAST BUT STILL WILL
PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS UNTIL AT LEAST 945 PM EDT.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TO THE PORT CLINTON AREA BETWEEN 915
AND 930 PM EDT.

IF THE WEAKENING TREND CONTINUES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILXL NOT
BE EXTENDED FURTHER EAST THIS EVENING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
910 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989

AT 9 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
NEARQING PORT CLITON. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 35
MPH.

RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES SHOWED THAT THE LINE WAS WEAKENING. AS THE
STORMS MOVED THROUGH WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY THEY PRODUCED WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND DOWNED TREES. DAMAGE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM
GENOA AROUND 850 PM.

HAM RADIO REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SINCE 855 PM
BUT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS SLAM INTO THE PUT-IN-BAY
AND SANDUSKY AREAS. THE STORMS WILL HIT PUT-IN-BAY AROUND 915 PM AND
WILLd BE TO SANDUSKY BY 10 O'CLOCK.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
920 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO WEST OF A PORT CLINTON TO FINDLAY LINE.

THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR SANDUSKY AND SENECA
COUNTIES.

AT 915 PM THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM THE WEST END OF
SANDUSKY BAY TO NEAR FINDLAY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS WEAKENING ASx IT
MOVED EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE WATCH WILL EXPIRE IN SANDUSKY AND SENECA COUNTIES AT 10 PM EDT.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMGE IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS
EVENING AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
945 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989

AT 940 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN EASTERN ERIE COUNTY
NEAR ROUTE 61.

WINDS OF 50 MPH WERE REPORTED IN BAY VIEW AT 914 PM AND IN BEUHLA BEACH
AND BERLIN HTS AROUND 935 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND WILL BE
TO THE VERMILION AREA AROUND 10 PM EDT. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
LORAIN COUNTY AND BE TO THE WESTERN CLEVELAND SUBURBS AROUND 11 PM EDT.

THE STORMS WERE CONTINUING TO WEAKEN BUT ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WINDS TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.

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