Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Cleveland, OH

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
605 AM EDT THU MAY 9 1996

THE NATIONAL STORM PREDICTIN CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS
INDICATED THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

A WARM FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY
WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT
IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. HOWEVER...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AN
ISOLATED TORNADO COULD ALSO OCCUR.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYVLANIA NEED TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RAFDIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR WATCHES AND WARNINGS AND KEEP
AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF NECESSARY.

KIELTYKA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
713 AM EDT THU MAY 9 1996

THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN DROPPED FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST
OHIO...BUT CONTINUES FOR THE REST OF NORTHERN OHIO TIL MID-MORNING.

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO TODAY.

A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAMS IS IN EFFECT FOR HANCOCK
COUNTY UNTIL 930 AM EDT.

A WARM FRONT THAT WAS ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO CAUSED THE DENSE FOG DURING
THE NIGHT. VISIBILITIES A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WERE COMMON. THE DENSE
FOG WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE THIS MORNING.

A WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT THAT WAS MOVING ACROSS INDIANA WAS GENERATING
SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. AS THE RAIN
MOVED IN THE VISIBILITY IMPROVED. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AROUND AN INCH
OF RAIN FELL IN PARTS OF HANCOCK COUNTY BETWEEN 6 AM AND 730 AM.

MORE HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE TODAY
IN THE WATCH AREA AS THE WARM FRONT
CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH IN OHIO.

PEOPLE IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS.

KIELTYKA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1030 AM EDT THU MAY 9 1996

...THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO
HAS EXPIRED...

A WARM FRONT SLOWLY MOVING INTO NORTHERN OHIO BROUGHT DENSE FOG TO THE
REGION OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  VISIBILITIES
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WERE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS.  BY
LATE MORNING HOWEVER VISIBILITIES ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO HAD IMPROVED
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 MILES. THE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT SLOWLY TODAY AS
WINDS TURN FROM THE SOUTH.

TK