Cleveland, OH
Storms trigger tornado warnings, knocks out power to thousands in Northeast Ohio
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Severe storms in Northeast Ohio Wednesday night into Thursday morning triggered several tornado warnings and knocked out power to thousands.
Check FirstEnergy’s, AEP’s, and CPP’s websites for the latest outage numbers.
Tornado warnings were issued for Ashland, Richland, and Huron Counties.
There was no reported damage related to the warnings as of 1:10 am.
These storms will remain in the area until 2 am, mainly producing very gusty winds.
However, due to very strong winds, tornado warnings can’t be ruled out- especially over southern locations within the 19 viewing area.
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Check back with the 19 News First Alert Weather team for the latest weather forecast.
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