Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 18, 1997Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1997, 4:44 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1997, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1997, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lorain County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 5:15 PM EDTHail 0.88Wellington, OH

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 18, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

446 
WUUS1 KCLE 182045 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC093-182130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
444 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...LORAIN COUNTY
 
AT 444 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LORAIN
COUNTY NEAR KIPTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME TOWNS THAT
MAY BE AFFECTED ARE PTTSFIELD AND LAGRANGE.
 
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
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
WOODWORTH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Wyandot65 min
May 18, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock49 min
May 18, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca59 min
May 18, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox30 min
May 18, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood49 min
May 18, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky67 min
May 18, 4:12 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMarion, Morrow48 min
May 18, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Richland56 min
May 18, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron42 min
May 18, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark45 min
May 18, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland57 min
May 18, 5:08 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Richland67 min
May 18, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne55 min
May 18, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain33 min
May 18, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Morrow40 min
May 18, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland53 min
May 18, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes49 min
May 18, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark38 min
May 18, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox36 min

Nearby

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

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.