Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1997, 7:37 PM EDT for Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 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
- Jul 18, 1997, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1997, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morrow County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 7:50 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 182339 RRA SVRCLE OHC117-190030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 737 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...MORROW COUNTY AT 735 PM CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MARION COUNTY NEAR THE MORROW COUNTY BORDER. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS CLOSE TO THE CITIES OF MT GILEAD AND FULTON. THIS STORM PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN MARION COUNTY AROUND 730 PM 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 WHERDE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. &
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, Jul 18, 3:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
351 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM MARION OH WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 MARION TREES DOWN AND QUARTER
SIZE HAILLocal storm report, Jul 18, 4:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
408 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 PM MARSEILLES OH WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 WYANDOT LARGE TREES DOWN ON
HIGHWAY 67
0340 PM MEEKER OH WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 MARION NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
LGLocal storm report, Jul 18, 4:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
408 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 PM MARSEILLES OH WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 WYANDOT LARGE TREES DOWN ON
HIGHWAY 67
0340 PM MEEKER OH WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 MARION d NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
LGSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 5:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
OHZ017-027-036>038-047-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 536 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 11 PM. THE WATCH IN NORTHERN OHIO EXTENDS ROUGHLY FROM VAN WERT...EASTWARD THROUGH FINDLAY...MARION AND MOUNT VERNON TO EAST OF MILLERSBURG. AT 530 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM BUCYRUS TO MANSFIELD. HOWEVER...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO OHIO NEAR VAN WERT. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND MAY AFFECT THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO INDOORS TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. GABRIC CORRECTED TIME
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 5:37 PM EDT, 2 hours before
OHZ017-027-036>038-047-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 133 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 11 PM. THE WATCH IN NORTHERN OHIO EXTENDS ROUGHLY FROM VAN WERT...EASTWARD THROUGH FINDLAY...MARION AND MOUNT VERNON TO EAST OF MILLERSBURG. AT 530 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM BUCYRUS TO MANSFIELD. HOWEVER...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO OHIO NEAR VAN WERT. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND MAY AFFECT THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO INDOORS TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. GABRIC END/LAST NAME
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 5:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
OHZ017-027-036>038-047-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 536 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 11 PM. THE WATCH IN NORTHERN OHIO EXTENDS ROUGHLY FROM VAN WERT...EASTWARD THROUGH FINDLAY...MARION AND MOUNT VERNON TO EAST OF MILLERSBURG. AT 530 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM BUCYRUS TO MANSFIELD. HOWEVER...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO OHIO NEAR VAN WERT. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND MAY AFFECT THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO INDOORS TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. GABRIC CORRECTED TIME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Wyandot | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.