Toledo experiences dangerous thunderstorms
Golf-ball-size hail was reported, and the storm was to hit all of northern Ohio.
TOLEDO (AP) -- Thunderstorms with the potential to produce tornadoes pounded northwest Ohio Wednesday with heavy rains, high winds and hail.
Weather radars indicated possible rotation in the clouds, but no tornadoes had been confirmed, said meteorologist Frank Kieltyka of the National Weather Service in Cleveland. No injuries were been reported.
Some parts of the northwest Ohio city got up 3 inches of rain and spurts of hail. Uprooted trees, downed power lines and limbs falling on houses were reported to sheriff's departments in the area.
Flooding
Amanda Harris, 22, of Toledo, said the water was past her car's tires.
"Our whole yard is flooded," she said.
Some hail was an inch or two wide, Kieltyka said.
"Golf ball-sized hail is pretty big for around here," he said. "Usually we get penny or nickel-sized hail."
Toledo police encouraged people to stay home until the storms passed.
The storms were on track to hit all of northern Ohio, and more storms were likely today, Kieltyka said.
"This is typical summer weather," he said.
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