Tens of thousands left without power after strong storms sweep across Northeast Ohio

Tornado Warnings have expired and many Severe Thunderstorm Warnings have expired, but tens of thousands are without power across Northeast Ohio after severe storms swept south and east across the state.

News 5 Chief Meteorologist Mark Johnson tracked the storms for several hours Thursday night and Friday morning, watch this coverage here:

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Tornado Warnings and Severe Thunderstorm Warnings have expired or been canceled for all counties in Northeast Ohio after severe storms quickly moved south and east from Lake Erie across the state, dumping rain, lighting up the sky with lightning, and causing damaging straight-line and tornadic high-speed winds.

There are still multiple Flood Watches, River Flood Warnings and Flood Advisories across our area.

See the latest weather alerts here.

Tune in to Good Morning Cleveland for reports on storm damage across the area.

Power outages

As of 1:15 a.m., a large number of power outages were reported by FirstEnergy, with over 223,000 customers affected across Ohio, including:

Cuyahoga: 61,500
Erie: 3,248
Geauga: 20,417
Lake: 35,524
Lorain: 15,161
Lucas: 7,753
Mahoning: 6,295
Medina: 3,288
Ottawa: 2,082
Portage: 27,658
Summit: 25,472
Trumbull: 9,495

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Additionally, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for 17 Northeast Ohio Counties.

The following counties in News 5’s viewing area are all under this watch until 3 a.m.:

Lorain County

Lake County

Holmes County

Stark County

Medina County

Huron County

Portage County

Erie County

Cuyahoga County

Richland County

Geauga County

Ashtabula County

Summit County

Ashland County

Wayne County

Tuscarawas County

Carroll County

Not done yet! More strong to severe storms with heavy rain expected on Thursday

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