156  
WWUS81 KCLE 161726  
SPSCLE  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH  
126 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
OHZ020>022-031-032-161815-  
SUMMIT OH-PORTAGE OH-STARK OH-MEDINA OH-WAYNE OH-  
126 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTAGE...SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA
 
 
STARK...SUMMIT AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...  
 
AT 126 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACEDONIA TO NEAR MOUNT  
EATON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
AKRON, CANTON, RAVENNA, CUYAHOGA FALLS, MASSILLON, KENT, BARBERTON,  
GREEN, ALLIANCE, HUDSON, WADSWORTH, TWINSBURG, TALLMADGE, NORTH  
CANTON, STREETSBORO, MACEDONIA, LOUISVILLE, ORRVILLE, RITTMAN, AND  
MOGADORE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD  
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR  
NORTHEASTERN OHIO.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4066 8146 4075 8181 4128 8170 4132 8101  
4099 8109 4073 8109 4072 8124 4065 8124  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 275DEG 36KT 4126 8159 4074 8171  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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