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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 5, 1997Fulton County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1997, 8:00 PM EDT for Fulton County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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 5, 1997, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1997, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 8:15 PM EDTHail 0.75Metamora, 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-05-06Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
472 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.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 060004 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC051-060030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
800 PM EDT MON MAY 5 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
 
   ...FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 755 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDIACTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ENTERING EXTREME NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY NEAR LYONS.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AND WILL METAMORA AND ASSUMPTION
BY 815 TO 820 PM.  STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ARE INDICATED WITH THIS
STORM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas39 min
May 6, 12:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula17 min
May 6, 2:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Trumbull66 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.