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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 26, 1997Richland County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 26, 9:30 AM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Ottawa, Sandusky59 min
Jul 26, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow55 min
Jul 26, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox56 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.