Severe Thunderstorms moved through Northeast Ohio Wednesday afternoon and evening.
The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for a multitude of counties in our viewing area, most of which ended around 7:15 p.m.
A Tornado Warning was also issued briefly for Erie County at about 4 p.m., but it was canceled shortly after.
POWER OUTAGES:
Despite the warnings ending, multiple counties are still experiencing power outages, according to FirstEnergy.
The following counties are experiencing these outages as of 9:50 p.m.:
Cuyahoga County - 1,237
Erie County - 1,212
Lake County - 948
Lucas County - 16,496
News 5 photographer Andy Sugden shot this video of the storms in Vermilion:
As almost always, the primary threat was damaging straight-line wind gusts up to 70 mph. However, all modes of severe weather were possible, including hail, lightning, heavy rain, flash flooding (especially in urban areas), and isolated tornadoes.
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