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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 16, 1997Henry County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1997, 7:41 AM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1997, 7:41 AM EDT (11:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1997, 8:30 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Henry County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1997-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1189 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1997-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 161142 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC069-161230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
741 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...HENRY COUNTY
 
AT 740 AM...CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY THAT WILL PASS ACROSS HENRY COUNTY THROUGH 830
AM. THIS STORM WILL REACH NAPOLEON AND LIBERTY CENTER BY 810 AM.
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, Aug 16, 4:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-171200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
445 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA INDICATES THAT THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER
NORTHERN OHIO AND FOR ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA.

THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE SEVERE STORMS WOULD BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS DAMAGING WINDS.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS BEING FUELED BY A VERY WARM AND
HUMID SOUTHWEST FLOW OF AIR COUPLED WITH AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE
TRAVERSING THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.

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

HILTBRAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry65 min
Aug 16, 2:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Stark54 min
Aug 16, 7:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton53 min
Aug 16, 8:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas48 min
Aug 16, 8:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton59 min
Aug 16, 8:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Wood59 min
Aug 16, 8:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas16 min
Aug 16, 9:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky55 min
Aug 16, 9:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie55 min
Aug 16, 9:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain53 min
Aug 16, 10:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga69 min
Aug 16, 10:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain36 min
Aug 16, 10:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga56 min
Aug 16, 10:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula68 min
Aug 16, 11:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull64 min
Aug 16, 11:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit61 min
Aug 16, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow45 min
Aug 16, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron54 min
Aug 16, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox49 min
Aug 16, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain57 min
Aug 16, 4:12 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain33 min
Aug 16, 4:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEGeauga38 min
Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina60 min
Aug 16, 4:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain, Medina55 min
Aug 16, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton, Lucas67 min
Aug 16, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Knox62 min
Aug 16, 4:45 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull45 min
Aug 16, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron61 min
Aug 16, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga59 min
Aug 16, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake56 min
Aug 16, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain65 min
Aug 16, 5:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain2 hr
Aug 16, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull51 min
Aug 16, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina60 min
Aug 16, 5:48 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull42 min
Aug 16, 5:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina2 hr
Aug 16, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie41 min
Aug 16, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca69 min
Aug 16, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit66 min
Aug 16, 6:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLETrumbull2 hr
Aug 16, 6:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull59 min
Aug 16, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain55 min
Aug 16, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain, Medina60 min
Aug 16, 6:44 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne61 min
Aug 16, 6:47 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland43 min
Aug 16, 7:05 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark55 min
Aug 16, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit48 min
Aug 16, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning45 min
Aug 16, 7:26 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland49 min
Aug 16, 7:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Wayne67 min
Aug 16, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Richland64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.