Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
335 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH  AND FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EDT...

AT 330 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORWALK SOUTHWEST TO UPPER SANDUSKY
IN WYANDOT COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 345 PM EDT...
THEN TO RICHLAND AND ASHLAND COUNTIES BEWTEEN 4 AND 430 PM EDT.

THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
AS THEY MOVED ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO EARLIER THIS EVENING. THEY ALSO
CAUSED DAMAGE IN HENRY COUNTY.

BANYAS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
344 PM EDT THU JUN 3 1989

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OHIO UNTIL 5
PM EDT AND ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE
NORTHWEST THREE QUARTERS OF OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. THIS ALSO INCLUDES
THE OHIO WATERS OF LAKE ERIE.

THE PART OF OHIO NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCHES ARE THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST
AND EXTREME SOUTH. CITIES NOT IN THE WATCHES ARE YOUNGSTOWN...
ATHENS... WEST UNION... PORTSMOUTH AND MARIETTA.

AT 335 THIS AFTERNOON RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST OFF CLEVELAND'S SHORE TO UPPER SANDUSKY THEN
INTO INDIANA. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SOUTHWEST
QUADRANT OF OHIO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN... HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED IN OHIO SINCE THREE THIS
AFTERNOON.

FLOODING FROM THE HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER NORTHWEST OHIO... AND
WILL LIKELY SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN OHIO INTO TONIGHT.
BECAUSE OF THIS A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
OHIO THROUGH TONIGHT.

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS... THEN LATER TONIGHT MAJOR RIVERS IN NORTHERN OHIO COULD
GO ABOVE FLOOD.

PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD KEEP WATCH
ON STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THEIR AREAS. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND
IF FLOODING BEGINS.

PERSONS ACROSS MOST OF OHIO... SHOULD ALSO KEEP A WEATHER EYE TO THE
SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER STRIKES.

ECKERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
500 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH  AND FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORROW AND RICHLAND COUNTIES
EXPIRED AT 5PM EDT. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER.
SHELBY IN NORTHWEST RICHLAND COUNTY REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AT 455 PM
WITH SOME STREET FLOODING IN PROGRESS.

AT 5PM EDT WEATHER RADAR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHO CENTRAL OHIO
AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS HAS SLOWED TO EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS FLOODING WILL TEND TO BECOME
MORE OF A PROBLEM THIS EVENING.

BANYAS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
515 PM EDT SAT JUN 03 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ALONG PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
AND ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST ALONG AND OFFSHORE OF THE ERIE
SHORE LINE.

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL
WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE ERIE ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF ERIE, PA. AT 510 PM
EDT.  THIS STORM WAS 4MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

BOATERS SHOULD BEWARE OF THIS STORM AND SEEK SHELTER.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING
ALONG THE LAKESHORE AND OVER LAKE ERIE.

REEDY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
533 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO THIS
EVENING AND FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST
OHIO. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE MAUMEE RIVER.

ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED.

AT 525 PM EDT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO WITH A FEW IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE
HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST. THE AREA OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH.

ALL MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING DUE TO
THE LIKELIHOOD OF HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. IF HIGH WATER IS
ENCOUNTERED DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH IT.

COVERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
557 PM EDT SAT JUN 03 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW ENTERING WESTERN ERIE COUNTY...

AT 600 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
THAT EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL LAKE ERIE TO THE WESTERN BORDERS OF ERIE AND
CRAWFORD COUNTIES...SOUTH TO CENTRAL ASHTABULA COUNTY IN OHIO.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY ENTERED WESTERN ERIE COUNTY.

DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...PEOPLE LIVING IN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTAIN STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN
AND POSSIBLY HAIL^ .

BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
PAONE/REEDY