Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 659

July 26, 19974 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 26, 1997, 5:45 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1997, 5:45 PM EST (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1997, 11:00 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 64 counties

Steuben County, IN, Greenup County, KY, Mason County, KY, Adams County, OH, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Athens County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

32 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 6:08 PM ESTTornado WarningILNLicking62 min
Jul 26, 6:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware31 min
Jul 26, 6:43 PM ESTTornado WarningILNFairfield62 min
Jul 26, 6:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDefiance, Williams46 min
Jul 26, 6:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox56 min
Jul 26, 7:08 PM ESTTornado WarningILNLicking22 min
Jul 26, 7:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow60 min
Jul 26, 7:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking61 min
Jul 26, 7:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland68 min
Jul 26, 7:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDefiance36 min
Jul 26, 7:40 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNFairfield65 min
Jul 26, 7:40 PM ESTTornado WarningILNFairfield65 min
Jul 26, 7:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox46 min
Jul 26, 7:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPaulding, Putnam61 min
Jul 26, 7:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking62 min
Jul 26, 8:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland66 min
Jul 26, 8:19 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEKnox41 min
Jul 26, 8:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow53 min
Jul 26, 8:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox2 hr
Jul 26, 9:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNLicking48 min
Jul 26, 9:02 PM ESTTornado WarningILNLicking48 min
Jul 26, 9:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion52 min
Jul 26, 9:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware46 min
Jul 26, 9:15 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion, Morrow3 hr
Jul 26, 9:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking49 min
Jul 26, 9:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield64 min
Jul 26, 9:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNVan Wert64 min
Jul 26, 9:50 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNLicking2 hr
Jul 26, 9:52 PM ESTTornado WarningILNFairfield48 min
Jul 26, 9:56 PM ESTTornado WarningILNVan Wert64 min
Jul 26, 10:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking59 min
Jul 26, 10:26 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNFairfield, Hocking4 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.