* WHAT. High risk of rip currents. * WHERE. Lucas and Ottawa Counties. * WHEN. Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake.

At 527 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Loudonville to near Mount Gilead to near Marseilles. Movement was north 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. Mansfield, Marion, Ashland, Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky, Mount Gilead, Galion, Shelby, Willard, Ontario, Lexington, Crestline, Loudonville, New London, Bellville, Plymouth, Forest, New Washington, Bloomville, and Sycamore.

* WHAT. High risk of rip currents. * WHERE. Lucas and Ottawa Counties. * WHEN. Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 316 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO CRAWFORD HURON KNOX MARION MORROW RICHLAND IN NORTHWEST OHIO HANCOCK SENECA WOOD WYANDOT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOWLING GREEN, BUCYRUS, CARDINGTON, CAREY, CRESTLINE, FINDLAY, FOSTORIA, GALION, MANSFIELD, MARION, MOUNT GILEAD, MOUNT VERNON, NORWALK, PERRYSBURG, TIFFIN, UPPER SANDUSKY, AND WILLARD.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 318 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ASHLAND LORAIN IN NORTHEAST OHIO ASHTABULA CUYAHOGA GEAUGA HOLMES LAKE MAHONING MEDINA PORTAGE STARK SUMMIT TRUMBULL WAYNE IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA CRAWFORD ERIE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AKRON, ALLIANCE, ASHLAND, ASHTABULA, AURORA, AUSTINTOWN, AVON LAKE, BAINBRIDGE, BOARDMAN, BRUNSWICK, BURTON, CANTON, CHARDON, CHESTERLAND, CLEVELAND, CONNEAUT, EASTLAKE, ELYRIA, ERIE, GENEVA, KENT, KILLBUCK, LORAIN, MASSILLON, MEADVILLE, MEDINA, MENTOR, MIDDLEFIELD, MILLERSBURG, NILES, NORTH RIDGEVILLE, ORRVILLE, PAINESVILLE, RAVENNA, RITTMAN, SOUTH RUSSELL, STREETSBORO, TITUSVILLE, WADSWORTH, WARREN, WICKLIFFE, WILLOUGHBY, WILLOWICK, WOOSTER, AND YOUNGSTOWN.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 316 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO CRAWFORD HURON KNOX MARION MORROW RICHLAND IN NORTHWEST OHIO HANCOCK SENECA WOOD WYANDOT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOWLING GREEN, BUCYRUS, CARDINGTON, CAREY, CRESTLINE, FINDLAY, FOSTORIA, GALION, MANSFIELD, MARION, MOUNT GILEAD, MOUNT VERNON, NORWALK, PERRYSBURG, TIFFIN, UPPER SANDUSKY, AND WILLARD.