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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 16, 1997Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1997, 6:16 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 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
Aug 16, 1997, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1997, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Trumbull County, OH

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1997-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2423 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1997-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 162217 RRA
TORCLE
OHC155-162315-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
616 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...TRUMBULL COUNTY
 
THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY IS EXTENDED UNTIL 715 PM EDT.
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND AT 615 PM INDICATES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH
TRUMBULL COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EDT.
 
 
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry65 min
Aug 16, 2:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Stark54 min
Aug 16, 7:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton53 min
Aug 16, 7:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry49 min
Aug 16, 8:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas48 min
Aug 16, 8:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton59 min
Aug 16, 8:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Wood59 min
Aug 16, 8:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas16 min
Aug 16, 9:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky55 min
Aug 16, 9:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie55 min
Aug 16, 9:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain53 min
Aug 16, 10:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga69 min
Aug 16, 10:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain36 min
Aug 16, 10:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga56 min
Aug 16, 10:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula68 min
Aug 16, 11:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull64 min
Aug 16, 11:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit61 min
Aug 16, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow45 min
Aug 16, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron54 min
Aug 16, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox49 min
Aug 16, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain57 min
Aug 16, 4:12 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain33 min
Aug 16, 4:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEGeauga38 min
Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina60 min
Aug 16, 4:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain, Medina55 min
Aug 16, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton, Lucas67 min
Aug 16, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Knox62 min
Aug 16, 4:45 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull45 min
Aug 16, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron61 min
Aug 16, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga59 min
Aug 16, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake56 min
Aug 16, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain65 min
Aug 16, 5:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain2 hr
Aug 16, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull51 min
Aug 16, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina60 min
Aug 16, 5:48 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull42 min
Aug 16, 5:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina2 hr
Aug 16, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie41 min
Aug 16, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca69 min
Aug 16, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit66 min
Aug 16, 6:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLETrumbull2 hr
Aug 16, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain55 min
Aug 16, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain, Medina60 min
Aug 16, 6:44 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne61 min
Aug 16, 6:47 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland43 min
Aug 16, 7:05 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark55 min
Aug 16, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit48 min
Aug 16, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning45 min
Aug 16, 7:26 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland49 min
Aug 16, 7:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Wayne67 min
Aug 16, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Richland64 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.