Tornado Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Aug 16, 1997, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 1997, 4:45 PM EDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Lorain County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KCLE 162013 RRA
TORCLE
OHC093-162045-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
412 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...LORAIN COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND AT 412 PM EDT DETECTED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE CITY OF LORAIN. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH AND WILL PASS THROUGH LORAIN AND SHEFFIELD BY 445 PM EDT.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.