NWS Cleveland OHSV.W 0289September 4, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Erie, Ottawa and Sandusky, OH
The National Weather Service office in Cleveland issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Erie, Ottawa and Sandusky in Ohio, which was in force until 9:15 a.m. local time on September 4. It was the 289th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Cleveland issued in 2026. Ohio had 144 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 21 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Ohio's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 48 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Cleveland OH
- Area
- Erie, Ottawa and Sandusky
- State
- Ohio
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:27 a.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- Expires
- 9:15 a.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCLE SV.W 0289
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio since 2008Every warning type in Ohio
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The notice as issued
SVRCLE The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Ottawa County in northwestern Ohio... Erie County in north central Ohio... Northeastern Sandusky County in northwestern Ohio... * Until 915 AM EDT. * At 826 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest of Port Clinton, moving southeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Sandusky, Port Clinton, Northern Milan, Milan, Castalia, Catawba Island, Marblehead, Berlin Heights, Bay View, Bloomingville, Sandusky South, Fairview Lanes, Whites Landing, and Vickery.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio since 2008507 a year
- Every warning type in Ohio
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels