WWUS81 KCLE 200005
SPSCLE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
805 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026
 
OHZ011>013-020>022-029>032-038-200100-
Holmes OH-Summit OH-Geauga OH-Portage OH-Lake OH-Richland OH-
Stark OH-Medina OH-Cuyahoga OH-Wayne OH-Ashland OH-
805 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTAGE...SOUTHEASTERN
RICHLAND...GEAUGA...CUYAHOGA...EASTERN MEDINA...LAKE...SOUTHERN
ASHLAND...STARK...SUMMIT...WAYNE AND HOLMES COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM
EDT...

At 804 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Willoughby to near Brunswick to near
Ashland. Movement was southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Mansfield, Wooster, Painesville, Willowick,
Ravenna, Chardon, Fairport Harbor, Millersburg, Parma, Cuyahoga
Falls, Euclid, Mentor, Cleveland Heights, Massillon, North Royalton,
Kent, and Barberton.

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 1000 PM EDT for
north central Ohio.

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LAT...LON 4052 8218 4057 8218 4055 8262 4066 8264
      4099 8175 4150 8172 4167 8145 4185 8101
      4099 8100 4099 8108 4093 8109 4065 8152
      4063 8167 4054 8166 4049 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 293DEG 39KT 4161 8131 4122 8177 4083 8229 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Garuckas