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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 26, 1997Morrow County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1997, 8:15 PM EDT for Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1997, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1997, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
60 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 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 26, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4383 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
4383 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
13.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 270016 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC117-270115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
815 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...MORROW COUNTY
 
A DEVELOPING THUNDESTORM OVER SOUTHERN BUCYRUS WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO
MORROW COUNTY AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE
STORM WILL PASS NEAR IBERIA AND MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD CENTRAL MORROW
COUNTY AT 25 MPH.
 
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.
 
KOSARIK

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, 3:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-271200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
347 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 1997

HOT AND HUMID AIR WAS INVADING NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA.

THE WARM FRONT THAT BROUGHT THE MUCH NEEDED RAIN TO PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN OHIO THIS MORNING ALSO WAS USHERING VERY WARM AND HUMID
AIR INTO THE REGION.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL ONLY RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S...MAKING
FOR UNCOMFORTABLE SLEEPING WEATHER. ON SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES ACROSS
MOST OF THE REGION WILL REACH THE 90 TO 95 DEGREE MARK...PRODUCING
APPARENT TEMPERATURES (OR HOW IT FEELS) AROUND 105 DEGREES WHEN
WHEN COMBINED WITH THE OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY.

PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN PERFORMING ANY OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES.
WEAR LIGHT COLORED...LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS
KEEP IN THE SHADE WHEN POSSIBLE.

THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS SHOULD BE IN AN AIR
CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT.

A COLD FRONT WILL BE MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY WHICH WILL BRING SOME RELIEF TO THE HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH
HUMIDITY.

GABRIC
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-271200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
347 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 1997

HOT AND HUMID AIR WAS INVADING NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA.

THE WARM FRONT THAT BROUGHT THE MUCH NEEDED RAIN TO PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN OHIO THIS MORNING ALSO WAS USHERING VERY WARM AND HUMID
AIR INTO THE REGION.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL ONLY RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S...MAKING
FOR UNCOMFORTABLE SLEEPING WEATHER. ON SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES ACROSS
MOST OF THE REGION WILL REACH THE 90 TO 95 DEGREE MARK...PRODUCING
APPARENT TEMPERATURES (OR HOW IT FEELS) AROUND 105 DEGREES WHEN
WHEN COMBINED WITH THE OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY.

PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN PERFORMING ANY OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES.
WEAR LIGHT COLORED...LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS
KEEP IN THE SHADE WHEN POSSIBLE.

THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS SHOULD BE IN AN AIR
CONDITI~ONED ENVIRONMENT.

A COLD FRONT WILL BE MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY WHICH WILL BRING SOME RELIEF TO THE HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH
HUMIDITY.

GABRIC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland68 min
Jul 26, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox46 min
Jul 26, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland66 min
Jul 26, 9:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEKnox41 min
Jul 26, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow53 min
Jul 26, 9:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox2 hr
Jul 26, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion52 min
Jul 26, 10:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion, Morrow3 hr
Jul 27, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.