Second those thunderstorms are gone but they very quickly move disease. This one is just at the lorain county. Its really diminishing rapidly. Just ten minutes ago this was filled with 330 cloud to ground Lightning Strikes and now 128 or beginning to fall apart. We have some very deep human error message it doesnt take much to get one of these going out. Because the a tropical thunderstorms knifing the chance will increase even more even through a greater degree saturday. As that cold front begins to move in. Were starting to see a lot more so good when it comes to severe weather. Something we will have to watch out for the next couple of days. Severe storms sweeping the northeast ohio many folks are reporting power outages. For rocky river is one of the areas hardest hit. This is the aftermath or im here along detroit and orchard park in rocky river. I know it is very dark. It is the behind me there is still caution tape where there are some downed trees as well as utility crews still on the scene trying to get to those downed wires. The storms rolled their northeast ohio especially the westside afternoon. It started about 4 00 i believe. Massive dark clouds rocked downtown cleveland thursday bring with it severe thunderstorms that pound of much of northeast ohio. Torrential downfall made for a terrible commute home and even bringing down a pole on a car. Air raid really hard and it blew really hard. We went inside because we did not want to get wet. We came out an hour later and half the neighborhood was in the street. Trees and branches. As soon as i pulled in my driveway we heard a loud bang and a crash. In rocky river trees came tumbling down at orchard park in detroit. Father west it a portion of columbia road was closed due to there was rain and i did not know if we should get in the car or out of the car said theyre there still about 4,000 customers in the city of rocky river without power grid you can always get the latest in your area by heading to our website fox8. Com. A lot of you started sending us pictures as soon as the storm started going through. Clouds and some showed the damage left behind. And we had so many views of the storm at the photo gallery. Dozens of them posted right now and more coming in for their very compelling. This one was taken from a building downtown you to see the massive shelf cloud east ninth street to the right this is began to this is from lakewood a great shot from a upper lower of a home. Its very clear here that the skies are beginning their descent into darkness. Heres one more for you. The massive cloud over lake erie looks pretty but for its before it was over a huge amount of damage across many parts of northeast ohio. Its easy to send pictures a website fox8. Com or text them or that please be careful around power lines. Quite a day and quite a cleanup ahead. He promised a title and delivered so now lebron james is promising more years in a cavalier uniform. Seth john telich joins us now with word on the new deal for lebron james. Agreed to terms on a threeyear contract with its a departure from the supposedly one year guilty has been signing. Plus he can brag about being the highest paid in the league prepares him making the announcement on that website uninterrupted. I cant be more excited at this opportunity once again to defend our crown. To defend our title we all know last year was a inspiring for all the words you come up with her was an unbelievable season. Agreed to a threeyear 100 million deal. I was able to confirm the terms of his agent chris paul the third year as a player option so james will make about 31 million this year and theyll be the first time in his career that james is the highest paid player in the National Basketball association. Cavaliers doing business with their players. He said its time to get back contract done. The next debate here that night and of course the cavaliers will get their rings and that title banner will be raised. It sports will have cavaliers schedule and of course more on lebron. Police are looking to arrest more people after a massive raid police say they have been receiving complaints about gunshots and drug activity in the area for quite a while. They decided this afternoon was the best time to swoop in know theres some drawings going on over here. Its a bad street. I want the law abiding people to feel safe coming and going i want people who work there to feel sick safe coming going from police have warrants out for margaret charges could range from Drug Trafficking to murder. Drugs and for firearms were also weve all learned to not go in what walked toward the 65th theres no trouble and we all know avoid west 80th because one man got shot and died right at the corner. One the plates are making the neighborhood safe ive been here since february and almost every other night there are driveby shootings and guns going off from the building. If youre out in that neighborhood and you have guns is selling drugs, get out of that neighborhood because were officers will be there every day until that area sacred newington for fans have filed a lawsuit against the pro football hall of fame. It comes after the game was canceled because of the poor field conditions are said it will not comment on the pending lawsuit. Shes terrified she doesnt know shes ever going to be able to be back out. Wise next the child accused the film killing her father in an alleged case of selfdefense a young life taken to stupid why lighting is to blame. A judge just something very special for an inmate. A touching story that is going viral status plus a doctor makes a discovery about 40 years too late the library book thats hes finally getting around to the storm affecting cleveland now we can use again still a little smudge but that was before the shower. Watch what happens for shower comes in and we never hear the city looking okay. There is another shower for you to see it right there starting to a van. Doppler weather rain rate of showing that tropical thunder shower moving to the east not severe at all. It may contain some locally heavy rain most of it at this stage is os Greater Cleveland area. Very small and unassuming only 43 cloud to ground Lightning Strikes but if youre near the lake shore again a little bit of a light show here sniper and current temperature is still at 80 degrees. The dewpoint is also very high its in the tropical category. Here and there otherwise most of the night will be very sultry, tropical and quiet. For tomorrow paid his son again are required to do the whole thing over. Very tropical and uninsured are likely to develop or perhaps even a few more than today. Cold front will be inching closer. It will be here on saturday. When did yo commuter models is growing out for rainfall on saturday. It is going to put a huge dent if not put to rest the drought so far that has been plaguing the area. If we do it will be the 22nd day of 90 plus sacks. Silicon top punches for cleveland mayor frank janson wait times. And an update on a boy who fell a child was hurt after falling out of a roller coaster in the boy was writing a what a roller coaster when his brother somehow fell out. According to the dispatch of the boy was conscious, who is elected to childrens hospital. Still no word on his age or condition. The accident comes for a set rates had was killed on a waterslide at a water park in kansas. For donald trump presented his economic plan Hillary Clinton sharing her own vision for the economy. If focused less on proposals and more raise a tough decision and the race. He called for a new tax loophole, lets call it the trump loophole. Because it would allow him to pay less than half of the current tax rate on income for many of his companies. Donald trump says clinton to release her 2013 tax return this week or trump said he cannot release his returns because he is under autocratic meantime a few frustrated about his have drafted a letter to the Republican National committee urging them to define the Trump Campaign and they want the Party Resources instead to protect Vulnerable Senate house candidates and their election bid. They call from reckless. Drop continue to connect clinton to isis. I call president obama and Hillary Clinton the founders of isis. In fact i think will give Hillary Clinton the most valuable player coming mvp award. Isis will hand her the most valuable player award. Trump says that it was pressed to obamas decision to withdraw troops from iraq which tonight. The retailer plans to close about 100 stores. Macys did not say which stores or how many employees will be effective. The closings will happen early next year. Still a con. The searches on for a hit and run driver said they can barely survived with fire with tire marks left on his hands. Where mary jackson admits theres a problem. It reporter ed gallek has more. Were down to maybe about ten. 911 calls to cleveland please get backed up no officers is said to wednesday we showed you the city had no ambulances sent after a man had a seizure last week and man waited hours for police to take a report after his wife called 911. What bothers us the most about that it took over seven so they say their messages dont call police . Ellipsis life or death. We cannot be a city that told the citizens, one that they should not call us in fact if there is in need since we went to the mayor and he admits the city needs more Safety Forces for his hoping voters improve a tax increases fall so the city can hire more. The iteam has found emergency crews often can only race to the most urgent calls we have to really staff and resource up to the level where we can have better responses. He said the city is studying please deployment how our office is guessing out on patrol and how we officers are needed. Plus the city is looking at ways to cut ambulance response time. Perhaps cutting those response times i as much as a third or one option discuss using some many ambulances are the city bought for the republican convention. People will notice the changes on the street. Our goal is to have something more concrete by the end of this year. Six people were left waiting after calling 911 data the city, whatever you do the system, fix it. We do not know what was going on but we call for help and we should have held. Another round of storms damage in northeast ohio strong when toppling trees and knocking out power. What people are dealing with in several communities dated into a a teenager is locked up for murder. But for how long. A teacher who allegedly killed her father in order to save her mother. The story of a long Overdue Library book and the doctor inspired. Are we out of the woods or are there more storms. Aj colby has all the latest. Glad youre with us tonight for a girl is fitting her 15th birthday behind bars accused killing her father picked her family said she did it to save her mother. Were like more about how long the teacher could remain locked out. She was terrified she doesnt know if shes ever going to be with two be back outside this is the defense attorney speaking about his teenage client who is facing an aggravated murder 911. My daughter jen shot my mother. She is accused of killing her father jonathan meadows inside their home. What she did is what she felt was necessary in order to protect her mom and protect her family. Or Attorney Says he believes is a selfdefense casing jonathan meadows was abusive and the girl had witnessed him abusing her mother for several years. Her mother order five years ago saint john of the abused her for years i was ready to kill her and her children. She later dismissed the order. Police were called to the home Early Morning hours of jule father stacy was sleeping when he was shot. For he gave his life for his kids. Is brother and sister said he loved his children and they do not believe he was abusive and brother was murdered. Juvenile Prosecutor Says his office has not yet decided if the teenager will be tried as an adult or have her case remain in the general system. We could file a motion to be tried as an adult with is a discretionary bind over. There would be a probable cause hearing in the second phase would be if she is available for treatment in the juvenile sucks this girl is to be home with her mom and getting some real help in this is going to take a long time to undo its been done. The defense plans to review the prosecutors medical records that they say shows a pattern of abuse. Weve all the family members of jonathan meadows and says they dont believe he was abusive and stressed that he loved his children. Tonight please need your help and seriously injured a man. Someone hit a 27 held as he crossed their road near euclid avenue for it happened after he was making a short walk home from a bar between 2 30 a. M. And 3 30 a. M. The impact was so forceful it left tire marks on his pants are more than four hours passed before somebody discovered him. His father said he got married six weeks ago and has a long recovery ahead i would not wish this on anybody. So it could have called 911 from a pay phone to take ownership. He is still not able to rewrite provide any detail or a vehicle discussion upholding state it would likely have front end damage to anyone with information should call the police. For the iteam has learned a husband of a lisa sherman. For the lawsuit was filed by her daughter against her father. According to the court. Dot with the parties reach a settlement agreement. She filed the suit over an alleged they could count the her mother discovered. He says the money was set up with his wifes knowledge and she should pay family expenses. And Memorial Service for a former congressman will be held monday. Will be held at 1030 and at United Methodist church are the 62 yearold passed away earlier this month at his home. He served in congress from 1995 until 2014. Weather sweeps through northeast ohio many people are reporting a lot of power outages. One of the hardest hit areas is rocky river. Best from troubled west to east with cities website taking the brunt of appeared utility crews are still unseen getting to those down wires are earlier this afternoon and mass of dark clouds rush downtown cleveland free with a severe thunderstorms that pounded much of northeast ohio. They even bring it down a pole on a cubic liquid down trees and branches as well is down wires along lakeland and athens. Your rocky river. In a bay village a portion of columbia road was closed due to trees being down and west lake this as soon as they pulled him i a loud bang and a crash and my sense of the tree just felt down. Its raining really hard in a blue really hard. We went inside because we do not want to get wet. We came out an hour later and half the neighborhood was in the street since i last checked first energy is reported thursday about 4,000 customers here in the city. Without power for the latest on any outages in your area website at fox 8. Com. More lighting and thunder tonight. The storm didnt stick around too long but they did a lot of damage in a the short time they were with us. Are going to take a panoramic view of the shelf cloud as it approached fox8. There was a tower and theres the city of cleveland. Outflow from the thunderstorm which is where the dark clouds and rain are part and the inflow goes up into the thunderstorm. And if you do time lapse of this sometime shall see these role and thats why theyre either called shelf clouds or roll clouds. This was as of about an hour ago im sure these numbers have improved to over 20,000. Over 2,000 in lorain but this thing everybody should get power back sometime on friday. That would be a good thing. Lets do another time lapse for this is from the bert lakefront webcam. Looks like another one has passed by around 9 00 just about at the sunset hour. In fact. Going through the downtown cleveland area. Vermillion and back toward finley. There are if you still dancing around here. Lets take a closer look at one in cuyahoga county. We heard from somebody in parma saying here comes again another tropical shower put a little bit of lightning to from cleveland down to parma. They just kissing the shoreline at euclid. Let me show you what the lightning looks like. Not much good it was much more active in lorain county. There appeared to be one Lightning Strike north of my friends house in euclid and just offshore but these are old strikes to thats really the only one left. Its a warm nitric 70s, ms. Seven is right now to do points that are very high. Still 80 degrees right now in mansfield. And as far as august goes, we are above normal. Thats no surprise to there had been no below normal day so far in august or 76 tonight most of thunderstorms to do it again tomorrow but i think tomorrow as a thunderstorms probably will increase just a little bit. As the front approaches from the westward most of the frontal boundary is going to remain to the west and most of the rain with it until saturday. Watch what happened happens saturday. We have this a big stretch of potential 24 inches of rain on saturday which may linger into sunday. Betwee may put to rest the better part of this moderate route that we have been in for the last three months. After that will quiet down and drought monday, tuesday and wednesday along with lower do points for is going to stay muggy until then and then were still looking at that wet weekend that part of it is good. Baby stay indoors and do some the Great Outdoors indoors are very first cabelas in the area. Opening in a vibrant 77,000 squarefoot store featuring a wide range of outdoor supplies and people are lining up for hours to be among the first to check it all out. Cabelas experience is unique to want people to come in and get that alistair and learn about the outdoors dirt to enjoy their time in the store. Grand opening. Some star power as well put luke bryan made an appearance to promote his line of clothing and apparel apparel at cabelas big right now hes performing at a concert. Tragedy in the ohio community. Purchase orders talk about Lightning Strike that claim its house like. Plus a judge this gesture toward a prison inmate is not a peoples hearts the special a nine yearold boy died. When the chief left his house he lives about 3 miles west of here he came on the radio in the said theres a storm front what were we was that we didnt have anything since Fire Fighters state the skies overhead were dry when they got a desperate 911 call to township route 341 on wednesday since we got the call. Ems director says a nine yearold boy may have been putting horses under shelter when his struck by lightning. They did everything humanly possible to try to save a child. The familys property is on what may be the highest elevations in the immediate area is not clear if it may have contributed to the tragedy. Only got there, we had not there is a couple of strikes of lightning. But we heard it. Despite the efforts to revive him the boy was taken into the Memorial Hospital where he later died. It is the first weve ever had hit by lightning. Knowing everyone to see a child injured. Its a terrible tragedy. In akron, dave nethers fox news. Silicon here. Police department under fire. Ut tells emerging about a Police Officer who accidentally shot an elderly woman during a demonstration. And while we are learning up until past few months. He is a nice young man. Up until that point was a model have to take care of children that he might help. Im just shocked by this. Trumps National Campaign headquarters are in there but he wasnt there at the time. A kentucky judge who went viral and her search for answers after a defendant came to Court Without pants is making headlines again. It and you have not met that baby yet right next this time she got to meet her son for the first time hoping it would inspire the [laughter] the babys mom is allowed to stay home to care for the chop it may well adjust that she doesnt want any extra credit because she said any other judge would have done the same thing. A florida dr. Looking to make these life within a year later. He checked out a book from the library called, so you want to be a doctor. The book made a big impression because kelly now works as a Plastic Surgeon in miami. The city recently found a book on a shot at his home and was extremely embarrassed that he plans to return to his hometow its not clear with a late fee would amount to print. He has donated 500 to the library. Source lebron james and the cavaliers will agree to a new deal. Crown and defend our title. We all know flash was a magical and inspiring. All the words you can come up with. In year one of the contract james will make 31 million and be the highest paid player in the league. And theres a player option in the summer of 2018. James also alluded to his teammate jr smith say now is the time for everybody to get together and get a deal done. Cavalier scheduled release date open october 25. They are 34 National Televised the other game in the rivalry out in oakland will be january 16. In his came home to Progressive Field and they thought brought the heavy lumber. Theyre still playing ball. Carlos santana makes a solo shot to right center field. Chisenhall solves that lighter over the outfielders had been everybody come on down they will score three runs all chased each other across the state. They kept piling on the offense heard another run scored just 7100 then for the first of two rain delays for outcomes the tar. Carlos was taken from the dugout were trying to get a update on his situation. Jos . Riveras follow with one it is now lead 143. Theyre now restarting for the third time in the inning. Browns are set to take on the packers. It appears, off the field is diminishing. In the bagels have a new man at the top. He is crazy getting those bagels ready to start the season. They had double workouts today. He wants to hit the ground running in week one. Theres a lot of history between the coaches, the great players, the school itself it it what were trying to continue just instill in the guys in a culture. Thank you. Appreciate your time be here. Make sure youre safe out there Natalie Herbert filling in for kristi capel. We hope the storms. Today, with significantly. Well talk more about that