Tornado Warning 14, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Aug 16, 1997, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 1997, 5:30 PM EDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Trumbull County, 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.

844 
WFUS1 KCLE 162047 RRA
TORCLE
OHC155-162130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
445 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...TRUMBULL COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND AT 447 PM EDT INDICATED A
TORNADO WEST OF TRIUMPH THE STORM IS MOVING AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR
TRIUMPH...FARMDALE AND NORTHERN MOSQUITO LAKE BY 530 PM.
 
 
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.
 
 
MILLER

Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 1997Every tornado warning in 1997Tornadoes in 1997

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.