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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 289, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 4, 2026Erie County, Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2026, 8:27 AM EDT for Erie County, Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 4, 2026, 8:27 AM EDT (12:27 UTC)
Expired: Sep 4, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Erie County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 4, 7:42 AM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 7:42 AM EDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 4:10 AM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
410 AM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

LEZ142>148-162>168-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-
050815-
Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-Reno Beach to The Islands OH-
The Islands to Vermilion OH-Vermilion to Avon Point OH-
Avon Point to Willowick OH-Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-Geneva-
on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM
offshoreline to US-Canadian border-
Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the-
Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on-the-
Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border-
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-
Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-
Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-
Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
410 AM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central
Ohio, northeast Ohio and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to move east through the area
later this morning into the afternoon. Some storms could be strong to
severe with damaging wind gusts being the primary concern.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS.

LEZ061-149-169-PAZ001>003-050815-
Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Northern Erie-Southern Erie-Crawford-
410 AM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie and northwest
Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 4, 5:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
521 AM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

OHZ003-006>008-041000-
Wood OH-Ottawa OH-Sandusky OH-Lucas OH-
521 AM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT OTTAWA...NORTHWESTERN
SANDUSKY...NORTHEASTERN WOOD AND LUCAS COUNTIES THROUGH 600 AM EDT...

At 521 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Holland, or near Toledo, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Toledo, Perrysburg, Oregon, Sylvania, Rossford, Northwood,
Gibsonburg, Genoa, Woodville, Holland, Elmore, Maumee, Ottawa Hills,
Walbridge, Pemberville, Millbury, Luckey, Rocky Ridge, Clay Center,
and Berkey.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4172 8387 4173 8367 4157 8318 4145 8320
      4135 8338 4159 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0921Z 301DEG 31KT 4163 8370

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Kahn

Special weather statement, Sep 4, 7:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 7:41 AM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 4, 7:59 AM EDT, 28 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 8:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Portage, Summit	2 hr
Sep 3, 8:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark	2 hr
Sep 4, 5:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas	39 min
Sep 4, 5:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lucas, Wood	3 hr
Sep 4, 7:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		85 min
Sep 4, 7:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ottawa	46 min
Sep 4, 8:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		41 min
Sep 4, 8:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Huron	46 min
Sep 4, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Morrow	47 min
Sep 4, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox	42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2026 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.