Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
500 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989

A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR MUCH OF OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THREE QUARTERS OF OHIO TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY TO MOVE ACROSS OHIO
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. AT 445 PM WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING WIDELY
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... NORTHWEST OF DAYTON AND SOUTH OF
ZANESVILLE. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

A COLD FRONT THAT WAS LOCATED FROM LOWER MICHIGAN TO MISSOURI AND TEXAS
WAS CAUSING PLENTY OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER ILLINOIS AND INDIANA AND THESE
WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE STATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. IN FACT A
TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
ANYWHERE IN THE STATE OVERNIGHT. BESIDES THE SEVERE WEATHER SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE HEAVY RAIN AND THAT COULD CAUSE FLOODING SINCE
MANY OF THE STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING HIGH. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THREE QUARTERS OF THE STATE FOR TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY. PEOPLE IN OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BAD WEATHER AND TAKE
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

HIGHS TODAY WERE IN THE LOWER 80S AT MOST LOCATIONS AND WINDS WERE
GUSTY AT TIMES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. HUMIDITY LEVELS WERE RUNNING HIGH
ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN OHIO.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE FORECAST FOR MUCH OHIO
TOMORROW AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY INTO THE STATE. THE FRONT WILL
MOVE EAST OF THE STATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THUS THE THREAT OF RAIN WILL BE
DECREASING.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE DRY WITH HIGHS 65 TO 75 SATURDAY AND IN
THE 70S SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THESE READINGS WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL. ON MEMORIAL DAY THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL BE OVER
THE WESTERN COUNTIES.

ON THE AFTERNOON WEATHER MAP LOW PRESSURE WAS NORTH OF MINNESOTA WITH A
COLD FRONT ACROSS MICHIGAN TO TEXAS... OTHER LOW PRESSURE AREAS WERE ON
THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ALONG
THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO OHIO FRIDAY AND SHOULD EXIT THE
STATE FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE THAT WAS OVER THE WESTERN UNITED
STATES WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDWEST SATURDAY.

KIELTYKA

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

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF OHIO TONIGHT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF OHIO WEST OF ABOUT A
CLEVELAND-AKRON-CANTON-ZANESVILLE-HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA.

AT 545 PM RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN
NORTHEAST OHIO BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND AKRON AND YOUNGSTOWN AND IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO IN A NARROW AREA BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND PARKERSBURG WEST
VIRGINIA. THERE WAS ALSO A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LIMA AREA IN
NORTHWEST OHIO.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STORMS WERE IN PORTAGE COUNTY NEAR GARRETTSVILLE
AND NEAR THE MORGAN COUNTY LINE JUST NORTH OF ATHENS. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALL MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.

A FLOOD WATCH ALSO IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN
TWO-THIRDS OF OHIO. HEAVY RAINS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE
LOCAL FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THOSE AREAS.

MOST OF OHIO REMAINED DRY THIS EVENING UP TO 545... BUT THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY EXPAND IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING AND SO PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WEATHER CHANGES EARLY TONIGHT.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
655 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF OHIO TONIGHT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

AT 645 PM RADAR SHOWED THE MAIN AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED IN THE
ZANESVILLE AREA WITH HEAVY RAINS.. SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED NORTH OF DAYTON
AND A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL IN
NORTHEASTERN OHIO AROUND YOUNGSTOWN. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO WITH ANY OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS UP TO 645... ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING WITH
SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT STORMS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF OHIO THROUGH FRIDAY.

PEOPLE THROUGHOUT OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER OVERNIGCHT
SINCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN INCREASING THIS EVENING AND WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE TO EXPAND EARLY TONIGHT.
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