000 WWUS81 KCLE 292350 SPSCLE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 750 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 OHZ021-022-029>032-037-038-047-300200- SUMMIT-PORTAGE-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AKRON...RAVENNA...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND... WOOSTER...CANTON...MOUNT GILEAD...MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON 750 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY. LOCAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY NEAR JEROMESVILLE. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE TOWARD SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY TO NEAR SHREVE AND NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTY BY 830 PM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WILL CROSS NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY BETWEEN 8 AND 830 PM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS MORROW...SOUTHERN RICHLAND...AND KNOX COUNTY BY 9 PM. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER INDOORS AS THE STORMS APPROACH. $$