Tornado Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Aug 16, 1997, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 1997, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Medina 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.

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TTAA00 KCLE 162146 RRA
TORCLE
OHC103-162245-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
545 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...MEDINA COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND AT 545 PM EDT INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER WESTERN MEDINA COUNTY NEAR LITCHFIELD. THIS
STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH MALLARD CREEK...HINCKLEY AND BRUNSWICK.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
MILLER

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.