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WWUS81 KCLE 182301
SPSCLE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
701 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
OHZ007-009-010-182345-
ERIE OH-OTTAWA OH-LORAIN OH-
701 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OTTAWA
ERIE AND LORAIN COUNTIES
THROUGH 745 PM EDT...
AT 701 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KELLEYS ISLAND TO NEAR AVON LAKE. MOVEMENT
WAS SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LORAIN, ELYRIA, SANDUSKY, WESTERN VERMILION, VERMILION, KELLEYS
ISLAND, NORTH RIDGEVILLE, AVON LAKE, AMHERST, GRAFTON, NORTHERN
MILAN, AVON, SHEFFIELD LAKE, EATON, OBERLIN, SHEFFIELD, LAGRANGE,
SOUTH AMHERST, PITTSFIELD, AND MARBLEHEAD.
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 900 PM EDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHEASTERN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4161 8268 4148 8271 4147 8266 4146 8270
4138 8250 4152 8199 4136 8197 4135 8192
4127 8191 4127 8197 4120 8199 4125 8235
4128 8235 4130 8269 4158 8286 4159 8285
4153 8282 4154 8272 4161 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 310DEG 40KT 4160 8276 4145 8205
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SULLIVAN
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