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Forest Fire and Police Department
Thursday August 24th, 2023 :: 01:50 a.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:30AM Thursday

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Marion County in north central Ohio... Wyandot County in northwestern Ohio... Morrow County in north central Ohio... Southwestern Crawford County in north central Ohio... Hancock County in northwestern Ohio...

* Until 230 AM EDT.

* At 149 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of Marion to near Upper Sandusky to near Arcadia, moving southwest at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include... Findlay, Marion, Upper Sandusky, Bluffton, Mount Gilead, Cardington, Forest, Arlington, Ashley, Prospect, La Rue, Arcadia, Rawson, Morral, Vanlue, Waldo, Van Buren, Chesterville, Sparta and Marseilles.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CRAWFORD, OH ... HANCOCK, OH ... MARION, OH ... MORROW, OH ... WYANDOT, OH

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Address/Location
Forest Fire and Police Department
211 W Lima St
Forest, OH 45843

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 419-273-2500

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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