Tornado Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Aug 16, 1997, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 1997, 7:45 PM EDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Wayne 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 162246 RRA
TORCLE
OHC169-162345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
644 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND AT 645 PM EDT INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO SOUTHWEST OF LODI. THE STORM IS MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY AND WILL PASS NEAR
JACKSON...WOOSTER AND ORRVILLE.
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR` AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
 
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.