Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Aug 16, 1997, 10:39 AM EDT (14:39 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 1997, 11:15 AM EDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Lorain County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS1 KCLE 161441 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC093-161515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1039 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...LORAIN COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE CONTINUING IN LORAIN COUNTY. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
OBERLIN AT 1035 AM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY UNTIL
ABOUT 1115 AM AND SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS EXTENDED UNTIL
THAT TIME.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DONT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
DEB
 
 
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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.