Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1997, 1:58 AM EDT for Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 9, 1997, 1:58 AM EDT (05:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1997, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 702 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 090602 RRA SVRCLE OHC005-139-090630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 158 AM EDT WED JUL 9 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN OHIO ...ASHLAND COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY AT 155 AM CLEVELAND DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RICHLAND COUNTY SOUTH OF MANSFIELD MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. 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 DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SEM
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
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 12:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-090600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1245 AM EDT WED JUL 9 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FULTON...HENRY...LUCAS...WOOD...OTTAWA AND SANDUSKY COUNTIES. THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAS PLAGUED NORTHWEST OHIO TUESDAY EVENING HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTH. SPOTTY REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHWEST OHIO. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 12:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-090600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1245 AM EDT WED JUL 9 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FULTON...HENRY...LUCAS...WOOD...OTTAWA AND SANDUSKY COUNTIES. THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAS PLAGUED NORTHWEST OHIO TUESDAY EVENING HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTH. SPOTTY REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHWEST OHIO. KIELTYKA
Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:15 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
115 AM EDT WED JUL 09 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0955 PM HAMLER OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 HENRY LARGE LIMB DOWN ON POWER
LINE.
0955 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 HENRY A COUPLE OF TREES AND
LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
1030 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 WOOD A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN
WESTERN PART OF COUNTY.
1047 PM FINDLAY ARPT OH FLOODING
07/08/97 HANCOCK SOME OF THE RUNWAYS
FLOODED.
1100 PM FOSTORIA OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 SENECA TREE DOWN EAST OF
FOSTORIA.
1100 PM NEW RIEGEL OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 SENECA LARGE LIMB DOWN.
1100 PM CAREY OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 WYANDOT SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
1130 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 HANCOCK MANY LARGE LIMBS DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
1130 PM OH FLOODING
07/08/97 HANCOCK ROADS FLOODED MAINLY
SOUTHERN PART OF THE
COUNTY.
1145 PM OH FLOODING
07/08/97 WOOD A FEW FLOODED ROADS ACROSS
THE COUNTY.Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:16 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
115 AM EDT WED JUL 09 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0955 PM HAMLER OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 HENRY LARGE LIMB DOWN ON POWER
LINE.
0955 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 HENRY A COUPLE OF TREES AND
LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
1030 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 WOOD A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN
WESTERN PART OF COUNTY.
1047 PM FINDLAY ARPT OH FLOODING
07/08/97 HANCOCK SOME OF THE RUNWAYS
FLOODED.
1100 PM FOSTORIA OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 SENECA TREE DOWN EAST OF
FOSTORIA.
1100 PM NEW RIEGEL OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 SENECA LARGE LIMB DOWN.
1100 PM CAREY OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 WYANDOT SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
1130 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/08/97 HANCOCK MANY LARGE LIMBS DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
1130 PM OH FLOODING
07/08/97 HANCOCK ROADS FLOODED MAINLY
SOUTHERN PART OF THE
COUNTY.
1145 PM F OH FLOODING
07/08/97 WOOD A FEW FLOODED ROADS ACROSS
THE COUNTY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 10:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock, Henry, Wood | 119 min |
| Jul 8, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca, Wyandot | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 12:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock | 117 min |
| Jul 9, 12:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Wyandot | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 2:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 115 min |
| Jul 9, 3:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox | 2 hr |
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.