Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1127 AM EDT TUE APR 25 1989

A THUNDERSTORM BROUGHT A BRIEF WIND GUST OF 58 MILES AN HOUR TO
CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT AT 1125 THIS MORNING.

THIS GUST CAME FROM A NEARBY THUNDERSTORM.  IT WAS SHORT-LIVED AND
SHOULD PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY DAMAGE IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY.  THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE BEEN WEAKENING OVER NORTHERN OHIO THIS MORNING...BUT THEY WILL
DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
1205 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989

THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY
LATE THIS MORNING.

SHORTLY BEFORE NOON MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER NEAR MARIETTA AND THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED VERY
HEAVY RAINS AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

RADAR AT NOON WAS SHOWING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EASTERN OHIO. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED ABOUT 20 MILES WEST
OF PARKERSBURG, W.VA. AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THESE STORMSa WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1243 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CROSSED OHIO DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON.

AT 1230 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
COVERING MUCH OF THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF OHIO.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL PARTS OF OHIO...BUT THOSE OVER THE
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY.  ALL STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED A GREAT DEAL OF LIGHTNING.

PEOPLE ACROSS OHIO WILL HAVE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STONG
THUNDERSTORMS BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE
CLIMBING THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEY WILL MAKE THE AIR MORE UNSTABLE
STATEWIDE.

HAILSTONES THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER FELL ON GRANVILLE
(IN CENTRAL LICKING COUNTY) AROUND NOONTIME.  AT 1133 AM...ONE INCH
HAIL FELL ON DELAWARE COUNTY.  A BRIEF GUST OF ALMOST 60 MILES AN
HOUR REACHED CLEVELAND'S HOPKINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 1125...
BUT IT WAS VERY LOCALIZED AND CAUSED LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST
OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONPIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
145 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO CROSS OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 135 THIS AFTERNOON...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT MOST OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF OHIO.  THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE.

PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF OHIO WILL HAVE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STONG
THUNDERSTORMS BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  CLOUDS HAVE BEEN
CLEARING A BIT...AND THAT WILL SEND THE MERCURY CLIMBING.  WARMER
TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE THE AIR MORE UNSTABLE AS THE DAY GOES ON.

AT 215 THIS AFTERNOON...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST
OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
245 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DIMINISHING ACROSS OHIO...BUT THEY HAVE
REMAINED STRONG.

AT 230 THIS AFTERNOON...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COLUMBUS...AKRON...ZANESVILLE...AND ATHENS.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER GUERNSEY...COSHOCTON...AND
MUSKINGUM COUNTIES.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WILL BE IN EFFECT
UNTIL 315 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUERNSEY AND COSHOCTON COUNTIES...AND
UNTIL THREE O' CLOCK FOR MUSKINGUM COUNTY.

THE AIR ACROSS OHIO TURNED QUITE UNSTABLE OVERNIGHT...AND TODAY'S
SUNSHINE HAS ONLY MADE MATTERS WORSE.  PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF OHIO WILL
HAVE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STONG THUNDERSTORMS BOTH THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
342 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CROSSED CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN OHIO THIS
AFTERNOON...AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN INTO TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN MOVING THROUGH DELAWARE COUNTY A LITTLE
BEFORE NOON...AND THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING SOUTHEAST SINCE THEN.  AT 330
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS APPROACHING
THE WEST VIRGINIA LINE NEAR PARKERSBURG.

MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND
ZANESVILLE.  A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST
DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA.  ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED LARGE HAIL ON MANY OF OHIO'S SOUTHEASTERN
COUNTIES.  RAINFALL REPORTS BETWEEN THREE-QUARTERS AND ONE INCH WERE
COMMON.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

ALL OF OHIO WILL FACE A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
TONIGHT.  THE AIR OVER THE STATE HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE.  LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THE NEXT BATCH OF THUNDERSTwORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER
WISCONSIN.  THESE STORMS WILL NOT REACH OHIO UNTIL SOMETIME AFTER
SUNSET...BUT THEY PROMISE TO MAKE TROUBLE FOR MUCH OF THE STATE.

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