Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1997, 5:48 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 16, 1997, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1997, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Trumbull County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 5:57 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Braceville, OH | A downburst downed trees and power lines. |
| Aug 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Leavittsburg, OH | A downburst downed trees and power lines. |
| Aug 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren, OH | Trees and power lines were downed, some on houses and vehicles. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 162149 RRA TORCLE OHC155-162230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 548 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...TRUMBULL COUNTY SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR VERNON TOWNSHIP. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AND WILL CROSS THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE BY 605 PM 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Stark | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 7:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 7:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 8:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 8:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Wood | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 8:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 16 min |
| Aug 16, 9:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 9:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 9:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 10:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 69 min |
| Aug 16, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 10:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 10:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 68 min |
| Aug 16, 11:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 4:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Geauga | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton, Lucas | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Knox | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Medina | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 69 min |
| Aug 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 66 min |
| Aug 16, 6:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wayne | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 7:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 7:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Richland | 64 min |
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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.