Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1997, 9:12 AM EDT for Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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 26, 1997, 9:12 AM EDT (13:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1997, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Richland County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:15 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, 9:30 AM 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -311 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1121 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 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 261313 RRA SVRCLE OHC139-261400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 912 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...RICHLAND COUNTY AT 910 AM CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF SHELBY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE MANSFIELD AREA AS WELL AS LEXINGTON AND BELLVILLE. 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. 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 26, 5:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-261200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 524 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 1997 A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AS A SYSTEM OVER MICHIGAN HEADS SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ONLY CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. LATER THIS AFTERNOON... ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA...AND A FEW OF THESE MAY BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. WOODWORTH
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-261200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 524 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 1997 A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AS A SYSTEM OVER MICHIGAN HEADS SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ONLY CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. LATER THIS AFTERNOON... ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA...AND A FEW OF THESE MAY BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN NO(RTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. WOODWORTH
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-261600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 629 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 1997 HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL BE INVADING NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND SUNDAY. AFTER SOME MORNING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...THE SUN WILL BEGIN TO HEAT THINGS UP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. TEMPERATURES IN NORTHWEST OHIO WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON. THE REST OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA WILL SEE HIGHS RANGING FROM 85 TO 90 TODAY. THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS THAT WILL BE CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 70S BY LATE AFTERNOON...WILL PRODUCE APPARENT TEMPERATURES OF 95 TO 105 DEGRRES THROUGHOUT THE AREA TODAY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL ONLY RANGE FROM 70 TO 75...MAKING FOR VERY UNCOMFORTABLE SLEEPING WEATHER. ON SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WILL REACH THE 90 TO 95 DEGREE MARK...PRODUCING APPARENT TEMPERATURES AROUND 105 DEGREES WHEN COMBINED WITH THE OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY. PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN PERFORMING ANY OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. WEAR LIGHT COLORED...LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND KEEP IN THE SHADE WHEN POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL BE MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...BRINGING AN END TO THE HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY. WOODWORTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky | 59 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
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.