Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Cleveland, OH

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
112 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 1991

THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAD DEVELOPED OVER
PARTS OF NORTHEAST OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 1:10 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER
CENTRAL PORTAGE COUNTY.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER EASTERN OHIO.
SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DROPPING OVER AN INCH OF
RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY WILL CAUSE BRIEF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS
AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR GREATLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
THOMPSON

OHZALL-062100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
230 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND
EASTCENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. SOME
CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE AKRON...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...
ASHTABULA...AND STEUBENVILLE.

AT 230 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LINED UP FROM JUST
EAST OF AKRON TO THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA TO THE FRANKLIN AREA OF
PENNSYLVANIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE POPPING UP AND DOWN RATHER
QUICKLY AS THEY MOVED EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTAL OHIO CAN BECOME
SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS
OF RAIN CAN ALSO OCCUR WITH TEMPORARY URBAN AND DRAINING SYSTEM
FLOODING THE RESULT.

THE REMAINDER OF OHIO ALSO HAS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.
KAPELA

OHZALL-062100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
230 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND
EASTCENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. SOME
CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...ASHTABULA...
AND STEUBENVILLE.

AT 230 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LINED UP FROM JUST
EAST OF AKRON TO THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA TO THE FRANKLIN AREA OF
PENNSYLVANIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE POPPING UP AND DOWN RATHER
QUICKLY AS THEY MOVED EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTAL OHIO CAN BECOME
SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS
OF RAIN CAN ALSO OCCUR WITH TEMPORARY URBAN AND DRAINING SYSTEM
FLOODING THE RESULT.

THE REMAINDER OF OHIO ALSO HAS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

KAPELA
CORRECTED FOR DATE AND CITIES INCLUDED IN WATCH

PAZ003-062000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
250 PM EDT SAT JUL 06 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND INTENSE LIGHTNING OVER SOUTHERN
VENANGO COUNTY OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM FOR ALL OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
EXCEPT ERIE COUNTY...

AT 240 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
YOUNGSTOWN OHIO EASTWARD TO DUBOIS TO SOUTHERN CAMERON COUNTY.  THE LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH.  THE THUNDERSTORMS CELLS
WITHIN THE LINE WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STATE POLICE IN VENANGO COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND INTENSE
LIGHTNING NEAR INTERSTATE 80 IN SOUTHERN VENANGO COUNTY.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CELLS MOVING EAST FROM MERCER COUNTY WILL MOVE THROUGH
SOUTHERN VENANGO COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO SOUTHERN
VENANGO COUNTY.  AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS...
SOME FLOODING MAY DEVELOP ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT
MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROAD SURFACES  AND POOR VISIBILITY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR MORE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TJP