* 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.