SVRCLE The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Portage County in northeastern Ohio... Summit County in northeastern Ohio... Northeastern Wayne County in northeastern Ohio...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 617 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Chesterland to near Warrensville Heights to Strongsville, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Akron, Ravenna, Cuyahoga Falls, Kent, Barberton, Green, Solon, Hudson, Twinsburg, Tallmadge, Streetsboro, Macedonia, Mogadore, Doylestown, Garrettsville, Mantua, Stow, Broadview Heights, Aurora, and New Franklin.
* AFFECTED AREAS: PORTAGE, OH ... SUMMIT, OH ... WAYNE, OH
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
