Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1997, 9:19 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 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
- Jun 21, 1997, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1997, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ottawa County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, 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 nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
057 WUUS1 KCLE 220120 RRA SVRCLE OHZ521-OHC123-220200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 919 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...OTTAWA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 915 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SANDUSKY COUNTY...NEAR THE CITY OF KINGSWAY. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL EFFECT THE CITY OF PORT CLINTON BEFORE MOVING INTO LAKE ERIE. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG WINDS. 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. COMEAUX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Fulton, Henry, Lucas | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.