Ohio Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/18/2026 14:04

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 18 at 5:04PM EDT until July 18 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 18, 2026 - 2:04pm
Expires: 
July 18, 2026 - 3:00pm
Description: 
SVRCLE The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Portage County in northeastern Ohio... Southern Summit County in northeastern Ohio... * Until 600 PM EDT. * At 504 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Garrettsville to near Kent to near Wadsworth, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Akron, Ravenna, Cuyahoga Falls, Kent, Barberton, Tallmadge, Streetsboro, Mogadore, Garrettsville, Stow, Norton, Brimfield, Fairlawn, Randolph, Munroe Falls, Lakemore, Atwater, Edinburg, Silver Lake, and Windham.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Portage, OH; Summit, OH
Forcast Office: 
NWS Cleveland OH