Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 28, 1997Knox County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1997, 10:43 AM EDT for Knox County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1997, 10:43 AM EDT (14:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1997, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Knox County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 11:00 AM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, OH

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 985 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 281445 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC083-281530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1043 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...KNOX COUNTY
 
AT 1040 AM CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHWEST KNOX COUNTY...JUST TO THE EAST OF FREDERICKTON. THE STORM WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH MOUNT VERNON
AROUND 11 AM. OTHER CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE
GAMBIER...HOWARD...DANVILLE AND BRINKHAVEN.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHEL\TER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:38 AM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-291200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
540 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND
CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY.

THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE TO THE SOUTH OF A YOUNGSTOWN
TO FINDLAY LINE.

ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL MOST LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING
WIND...BUT LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THE STORMS WILL BE TRIGGERED BY A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS THE
REGION.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO...OR CABLE TELEVISION...INCLUDINGH THE
WEATHER CHANNEL.

BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-291200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
540 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND
CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY.

THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE TO THE SOUTH OF A YOUNGSTOWN
TO FINDLAY LINE.

ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL MOST LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING
WIND...BUT LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THE STORMS WILL BE TRIGGERED BY A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS THE
REGION.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO...OR CABLE TELEVISION...INCLUDING THE
WEATHER CHANNEL.

BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 11:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.