Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 97 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 253 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2026 The National Weather Service has issued severe thunderstorm watch 97 in effect until 9 PM EDT this evening for the following areas in ohio this watch includes 28 counties in north central ohio ashland crawford erie huron knox lorain marion morrow richland in northeast ohio ashtabula cuyahoga geauga holmes lake mahoning medina portage stark summit trumbull wayne in northwest ohio hancock lucas ottawa sandusky seneca wood wyandot in pennsylvania this watch includes 2 counties in northwest pennsylvania crawford erie this includes the cities of akron, alliance, ashland, ashtabula, aurora, austintown, avon lake, bainbridge, bellevue, boardman, bowling green, brunswick, bucyrus, burton, canton, cardington, carey, chardon, chesterland, cleveland, clyde, conneaut, crestline, eastlake, elyria, erie, findlay, fostoria, fremont, galion, geneva, genoa, huron, kent, killbuck, lorain, mansfield, marion, massillon, meadville, medina, mentor, middlefield, millersburg, mount gilead, mount vernon, niles, north ridgeville, norwalk, oak harbor, orrville, painesville, perrysburg, port clinton, ravenna, rittman, sandusky, south russell, streetsboro, tiffin, titusville, toledo, upper sandusky, wadsworth, warren, wickliffe, willard, willoughby, willowick, wooster, and youngstown.