Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Cleveland, OH
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 11:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 11:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 51 min |
Nearby
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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.