Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1997, 7:31 AM EDT for Erie County, Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min. 4 reports 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 26, 1997, 7:31 AM EDT (11:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1997, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Erie County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:35 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 26, 7:50 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont, OH | |
| Jul 26, 8:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandusky, OH | |
| Jul 26, 8:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan, OH | |
| Jul 26, 8:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellevue, 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, 11.5 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 261131 RRA SVRCLE OHC043-123-143-261230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 731 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN OHIO ...ERIE COUNTY...OTTAWA COUNTY...SANDUSKY COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 730 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE ERIE NEAR MAUMEE BAY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF PORT CLINTON...SANDUSKY AND THE CITY OF HURON BY 830 AM. 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. WOODWORTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 9:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 56 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.