Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Aug 16, 1997, 9:20 AM EDT (13:20 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 1997, 10:15 AM EDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Erie County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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450 
WUUS1 KCLE 161321 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC043-161415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
920 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
AT 920 AM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN ERIE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL REACH SANDUSKY BY 940 AM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

In the hours 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

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.