Just as the wildfire smoke finally departed, another hazard moved in. Severe storms swept through much of Northeast Ohio Saturday afternoon and evening, prompting multiple watches and warnings.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch was issued for all of News 5's viewing area on Saturday, but it was canceled before its 9 p.m. expiration.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were also issued for several counties throughout Saturday evening, but most expired by 8 p.m.
Power of 5 Meteorologist Phil Sakal was live Saturday evening tracking the storms:
Stay up to date on Northeast Ohio weather alerts here.
Power outages
Amid Saturday's severe storms, over 18,000 customers in Northeast Ohio were without power.
Power was restored to most customers by Sunday. Most of the outages occurred in Summit, Lorain, Stark and Cuyahoga counties.
Visit our Power Outage page to find links to see current power outages in Northeast Ohio and to report a power outage.
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