Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
758 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL
11 PM EDT TONIGHT.

SOME CITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CINCINNATI...DAYTON...
FINDLAY...LIMA...SPRINGFIELD AND TOLEDO.

AT 745 PM EDT THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR TOLEDO TO FINDLAY TO LIMA TO DAYTON TO
NEAR CINCINNATI. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.

THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH. FLASH
FLOODING WAS REPORTED AROUND 720 PM IN ROSS...WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT 16
MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI. IN ADDITION...ONE-QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN DAYTON AROUND 740 PM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
STATE. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 30 MPH.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE INFORMATION ON
THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

HOVIS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1005 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN OHIO THIS EVENING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

...A FLOOD WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO
OVERNIGHT...

STORMY WEATHER AFFECTED THE WESTERN THIRD OF OHIO EARLY THIS EVENING
PROMPTING A TORNADO WATCH TO BE ISSUED. AT 10PM THE TORNADO WATCH FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO WAS CANCELLED.

AFTER RECORD-BREAKING WARMTH PUSHED INTO OHIO TODAY BEHIND A WARM FRONT
STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BROKE OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
EARLIER THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE SEVERE STORMS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS...CAUSING DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN SOUTHWEST
OHIO...SPECIFICALLY BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES.

SOME OF THE STORMS HAD PRODUCED LOCALIZED RAINFALL IN THE ONE TO 2 INCH
RANGE...CAUSING SOME FLASH FLOODING ALSO IN BUTLER COUNTY. WITH RAIN
COVERING MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH IS
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED AND THE RAIN CAUSING
RUNOFF...MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE
STATE UNTIL THE RAIN ENDS WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT EARLY FRIDAY.

AS A RESULT OF THESE STORMS A FLOOD WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE
SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE STATE TIL FRIDAY MORNING.

RECORDS HIGHS WERE TIED AT YOUNGSTOWN AND AKRON-CANTON THIS AFTERNOON...
AKRON-CANTON AT 79 DEGREES AND YOUNGSTOWN AT 81 DEGREE. OLD RECORDS FOR
BOTH LOCATIONS WERE SET IN 1976.

THE MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE OHIO
WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. BRISK WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL
PRECEDE AND THEN ACCOMPANY SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.

THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MOST OF THE WESTERN HALF OF OHIO BY DAYBREAK
AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE QUITE NUMEROUS WITH IT. SOME OF
THEM COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH WINDS...HAIL OR HEAVY RAINS IN
SOUTHERN OHIO. TEMPERATURES WILL DIP DOWN INTO THE 40'S IN WESTERN OHIO
AND THE MID 50'S IN EASTERN OHIO OVERNIGHT.

THE COLDER WEATHER WILL STAY AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS ONLY
EXPECTED TO REACH THE 40'S TO LOWER 50'S.

ON THE EVENING WEATHER MAP...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA CENTERED OVER
SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN EXTENDED A WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN MICHIGAN
THEN CURVED DOWN ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA. A COLD FRONT CURVED SOUTH FROM THE
LOW ACROSS TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA.

THE LOW WILL TRACK NORTH INTO MICHIGAN BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE WARM
FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTH TOWARD NEW ENGLAND WHILE THE COLD
FRONT CROSSES OHIO AND REACHES THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY FRIDAY EVENING.
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ACROSS OHIO FRIDAY NIGHT.
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO OHIO FROM THE SOUTHWEST DURING
SATURDAY.

SEM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1240 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE AFFECTING THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES
AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

AT 1230 AM EDT...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF EASTERN OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
WERE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF CLEVELAND AND NEAR GENEVA IN
ASHTABULA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND
SOME SMALL CREEKS MAY OVERFLOW.

THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AND SHOULD END OVER NORTH
CENTRAL OHIO AND THE CENTRAL LAKESHORE COUNTIES BY 2 AM AND OVER THE
EAST LAKESHORE BY 330 AM EDT. BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD SEEK SAFE
HARBOR UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.

GABRIC