Residents of Northern Ohio should brace themselves for severe weather as powerful thunderstorms are likely to form on Monday afternoon and persist through the evening in Cleveland.
The National Weather Service Cleveland office warns that a cold front will probably cause isolated to scattered strong to severe thunderstorms in the region. The storms are expected to result in damaging wind gusts and localized flooding due to slow-moving systems’ heavy rainfall rates. Cleveland, Sandusky, and Toledo, especially the areas located north of U.S. Route 30, are the most at risk.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the onset of showers and thunderstorms is expected to occur on Monday afternoon, ahead of the cold front, and will continue through the evening hours. The primary concerns related to these storms are the potential for damaging wind gusts, which may result in the toppling of trees and power lines, as well as heavy rainfall that could trigger flash flooding in low-lying regions.
