SMWCLE The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Special Marine Warning for. Nearshore and Open waters from Reno Beach OH to Willowick OH. * Until 700 AM EDT. * At 532 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 nm northeast of Kelleys Island to near Sandusky Bay, moving east at 40 knots. HAZARD. Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE. Radar. IMPACT. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include. Put-In-Bay, Kelleys Island, Sandusky Bay, Lorain Harbor, Western Vermilion, Willowick, Huron, and Vermilion.

For the following areas. Nearshore waters from The Islands OH to Willowick OH. Open waters from The Islands OH to Willowick OH. At 624 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 20 nm north of Avon Point to near Lorain Harbor to near Huron, moving east at 40 knots. HAZARD. Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Locations impacted include. Lorain Harbor, Western Vermilion, Willowick, Huron, and Vermilion.

At 606 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 16 miles north of Lorain to near Sandusky to 7 miles southeast of Green Springs to near New Riegel to near Forest. Movement was east at 45 mph. HAZARD. Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include. Cleveland, Lorain, Elyria, Mansfield, Norwalk, Bucyrus, Vermilion, Upper Sandusky, Parma, Lakewood, Euclid, Cleveland Heights, Strongsville, Westlake, North Royalton, North Ridgeville, Avon Lake, Amherst, and Galion.

* WHAT. West winds 15 to 25 knots becoming northwest this afternoon and waves 2 to 5 feet expected. * WHERE. The nearshore waters of Lake Erie from Vermilion to Geneva-on-the-Lake OH. * WHEN. From 8 AM this morning to 4 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS. Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

* WHAT. West winds 15 to 25 knots and waves 1 to 3 feet. * WHERE. The nearshore waters of Lake Erie from Reno Beach to Vermilion OH. * WHEN. Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

* WHAT. High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE. Lorain County. * WHEN. From 11 AM EDT this morning through late tonight. * 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.