{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.a06f42b85994e3e1188f4e2a1b5c7f6a3ff400e8.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued May 19 at 6:37PM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-19","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.a06f42b85994e3e1188f4e2a1b5c7f6a3ff400e8.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Cleveland OH"},"word_count":161,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued May 19 at 6:37PM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Sandusky; Erie; Seneca; Huron; Wyandot; Crawford\n**Issued by:** NWS Cleveland OH\n**Sent:** 2026-05-19T18:37:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-19T18:37:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-19T19:30:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nAt 637 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along\na line extending from near Van Buren to near Findlay to near Alger.\nMovement was east at 35 mph.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around\nunsecured objects.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nTiffin, Norwalk, Fremont, Upper Sandusky, Bellevue, Clyde, Forest,\nGreen Springs, Northern Milan, Milan, Bloomville, Sycamore, New\nRiegel, Chatfield, Marseilles, Ballville, Carey, Monroeville, Attica,\nand Benton.\n\n## Instructions\nIf outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.\n\nTorrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead\nto localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded\nroadways.\n\nA Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for\nnorth central and northwestern Ohio."}