Tornado Warning 19, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Aug 16, 1997, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 1997, 7:30 PM EDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lorain County, OH, 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.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 162231 RRA
TORCLE
OHC093-103-162330-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
630 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...LORAIN COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LORAIN COUNTY IS UPGRADED TO A
TORNADO WARNING. WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND AT 630 PM
INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO SOUTH OF WELLINGTON. THIS STORM IS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS INTO MEDINA COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF
LITCHFIELD AND THE CITY OF MEDINA.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DIFTCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
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.