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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 16, 1997Cuyahoga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1997, 5:01 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 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, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 1997, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Cuyahoga County, OH

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 162103 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC035-162200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
501 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL WEST OF CLEVELAND. WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND AT 502 PM EDT INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WEST OF CLEVELAND AND WILL MOVE THROUGH CLEVELAND AND THE EASTERN
SUBURBS THROUGH 600 PM.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUnILDING.  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.
 
 
MILLER

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, 11:51 AM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1151 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997

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

1045 AM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   CUYAHOGA                       FEW TREES AND NUMEROUS
                                          BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS
                                          COUNTY 1020 AM - 1055 PM

1058 AM    CLARIDON                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   GEAUGA                         TREES DOWN

1135 AM    EDINBORO                  PA   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   ERIE                           TREES DOWN

Local storm report, Aug 16, 2:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
222 PM 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

1022 AM    CLEVELAND                 OH   62 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97   CUYAHOGA                       CLEVELAND LIGHTHOUSE WINDS

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

1045 AM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   CUYAHOGA                       FEW TREES AND NUMEROUS
                                          BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS
                                          COUNTY 1020 AM - 1055 PM

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

1058 AM    CLARIDON                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   GEAUGA                         TREES DOWN

1135 AM    EDINBORO                  PA   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   ERIE                           TREES DOWN

1140 AM    MEADVILLE                 PA   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   CRAWFORD                       ESTIMATED 50 TO 100 TREES
                                          DOW
N. NUMEROUS POWER
                                          OUTAGES.

1200 PM    KINSMAN                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   TRUMBULL                       TREES DOWN

Local storm report, Aug 16, 2:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
222 PM 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

1022 AM    CLEVELAND                 OH   62 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97   CUYAHOGA                       CLEVELAND LIGHTHOUSE WINDS

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

1045 AM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   CUYAHOGA                       FEW TREES AND NUMEROUS
                                          BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS
                                          COUNTY 1020 AM - 1055 PM

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

1058 AM    CLARIDON                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   GEAUGA                         TREES DOWN

1135 AM    EDINBORO                  PA   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   ERIE                           TREES DOWN

1140 AM    MEADVILLE                 PA   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   CRAWFORD                       ESTIMATED 50 TO 100 TREES
                                          DOWN. NUMEROUS POWER
                                          OUTAGES.

1200 PM    KINSMAN                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97   TRUMBULL                       TREES DOWN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Henry	65 min
Aug 16, 2:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Stark	54 min
Aug 16, 7:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Fulton	53 min
Aug 16, 7:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Henry	49 min
Aug 16, 8:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	48 min
Aug 16, 8:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Fulton	59 min
Aug 16, 8:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Wood	59 min
Aug 16, 8:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	16 min
Aug 16, 9:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky	55 min
Aug 16, 9:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	55 min
Aug 16, 9:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	53 min
Aug 16, 10:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	69 min
Aug 16, 10:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	36 min
Aug 16, 10:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga	56 min
Aug 16, 10:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	68 min
Aug 16, 11:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	64 min
Aug 16, 11:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	61 min
Aug 16, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow	45 min
Aug 16, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	54 min
Aug 16, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	49 min
Aug 16, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	57 min
Aug 16, 4:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Lorain	33 min
Aug 16, 4:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Geauga	38 min
Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	60 min
Aug 16, 4:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina	55 min
Aug 16, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Fulton, Lucas	67 min
Aug 16, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Knox	62 min
Aug 16, 4:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Trumbull	45 min
Aug 16, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	61 min
Aug 16, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	56 min
Aug 16, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	65 min
Aug 16, 5:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	2 hr
Aug 16, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	51 min
Aug 16, 5:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Medina	60 min
Aug 16, 5:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Trumbull	42 min
Aug 16, 5:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Medina	2 hr
Aug 16, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	41 min
Aug 16, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron, Seneca	69 min
Aug 16, 6:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Summit	66 min
Aug 16, 6:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	2 hr
Aug 16, 6:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Trumbull	59 min
Aug 16, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	55 min
Aug 16, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina	60 min
Aug 16, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Wayne	61 min
Aug 16, 6:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland	43 min
Aug 16, 7:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Stark	55 min
Aug 16, 7:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Summit	48 min
Aug 16, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	45 min
Aug 16, 7:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland	49 min
Aug 16, 7:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	67 min
Aug 16, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox, Richland	64 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.