Severe Thunderstorm Warning Ohio | Effective 03/31/2026 13:40

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 31 at 4:40PM EDT until March 31 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
March 31, 2026 - 1:40pm
Expires: 
March 31, 2026 - 2:30pm
Description: 
SVRCLE The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Huron County in north central Ohio... Northern Richland County in north central Ohio... Eastern Seneca County in northwestern Ohio... Erie County in north central Ohio... Southwestern Cuyahoga County in northeastern Ohio... Western Medina County in northeastern Ohio... Northern Ashland County in north central Ohio... Southeastern Sandusky County in northwestern Ohio... Northern Crawford County in north central Ohio... Lorain County in north central Ohio... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 440 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles east of Kelleys Island to near Bellevue to near Chatfield, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Cleveland, Lorain, Elyria, Sandusky, Norwalk, Vermilion, Western Vermilion, Lakewood, Strongsville, Westlake, North Ridgeville, Avon Lake, Amherst, Bellevue, Grafton, Willard, Wellington, New London, Plymouth, and Northern Milan.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Ashland, OH; Crawford, OH; Cuyahoga, OH; Erie, OH; Huron, OH; Lorain, OH; Medina, OH; Richland, OH; Sandusky, OH; Seneca, OH
Forcast Office: 
NWS Cleveland OH
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov