Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 3 at 6:17PM EDT until September 3 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 3, 2026 - 3:17pm
Expires:
September 3, 2026 - 4:30pm
Description:
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.
Instruction:
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.
Area Description:
Portage, OH; Summit, OH; Wayne, OH
Forcast Office:
NWS Cleveland OH
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov