Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Cleveland, OH

PAZ002-282200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
341 PM EDT WED JUL 28 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

RADAR AT 335 PM SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS
OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE STORNGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRESENTLY LOCATED
JUST NORTH OF MEADVILLE PENNSYLVANIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR.
OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY SOUTH INTO THE
EASTERN OHIO AREA. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE NELWY FORMED DURING THE
PAST HOUR.
FREQUENT/DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH...
SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE
STORMS.
YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATINING WEATHER APPROACHES
AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
WSO/ERIE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND THE AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
343 PM EDT WED JUL 28 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST...
WEST CENTRAL...AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA AND
TOLEDO.

AT 340 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
NORTHWEST OHIO...AND INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 50 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE THE RESULT OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO HOT AND
HUMID AIR WHICH WAS SITUATED ACROSS OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES
ACROSS OHIO THIS AFTERNOON WERE IN THE 90S. MANSFIELD AND YOUNGSTOWN
HAVE ALREADY ECLIPSED THEIR RECORD HIGHS FOR TODAY OF 91 AND 93 DEGREES
RESPECTIVELY.

AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE OVERNIGHT...IT WILL TRIGGER
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE...AND WILL THEN BE
FOLLOWED BY COOLER AND DRIER AIR. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL KEEP A THREAT OF
SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...SKIES WILL BE PARTLY
TO MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER THE STATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE 65 TO 70. HIGHS THURSDAY WILL BE FROM
THE UPPER 70S NORTH TO THE UPPER 80S SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO
AROUND 60 THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL ONLY REACH THE LOWER 70S TO LOWER 80S
ON FRIDAY.

ON THE LATEST WEATHER MAP...STRONG LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR.
A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE LOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...
CENTRAL INDIANA...AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST OF OHIO BY THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD
INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR.

GERARD