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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 16, 1997Portage County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1997, 11:29 AM EDT for Portage County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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, 11:29 AM EDT (15:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1997, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1997-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2423 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1997-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

131 
WUUS1 KCLE 161531 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC133-153-161630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1129 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...PORTAGE COUNTY...SUMMIT COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN TWINSBURG AND CUYAHOGA FALLS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR HUDSON...STREETSBORO AND
RAVENNA BY 1230 PM.
 
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

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

Local storm report, Aug 16, 10:53 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1054 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 AM    SWANTON                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   FULTON                         NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN

1035 AM    OBERLIN                   OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/16/97   LORAIN

1050 AM    CHARDON                   OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97   GEAUGA
Local storm report, Aug 16, 10:54 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1054 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 AM    SWANTON                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   FULTON                         NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN

1035 AM    OBERLIN                   OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/16/97   LORAIN

1050 AM    CHARDON                   OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97   GEAUGA

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, 7:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry49 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.