Alert archive / Ohio / 1997
Weather alerts in Ohio, May 1997
124 weather alerts in May 1997, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 124
- Warnings
- 117
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 18, 199746 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Paulding | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lawrence | 5 hr |
| May 3, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Licking | 27 min |
| May 3, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 44 min |
| May 3, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana, Jefferson | 41 min |
| May 5, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 30 min |
| May 5, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 39 min |
| May 6, 12:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 17 min |
| May 6, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Trumbull | 66 min |
| May 14, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Greene | 48 min |
| May 14, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette | 64 min |
| May 14, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette | 49 min |
| May 14, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Pickaway, Ross | 48 min |
| May 14, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 52 min |
| May 14, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Hocking | 61 min |
| May 14, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens | 46 min |
| May 14, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 56 min |
| May 18, 3:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 43 min |
| May 18, 4:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 42 min |
| May 18, 5:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 44 min |
| May 18, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 37 min |
| May 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Defiance and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen, Hardin | 29 min |
| May 18, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Wyandot | 65 min |
| May 18, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 49 min |
| May 18, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance | 27 min |
| May 18, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 59 min |
| May 18, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 30 min |
| May 18, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 32 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance | 39 min |
| May 18, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 49 min |
| May 18, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 67 min |
| May 18, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 48 min |
| May 18, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen | 41 min |
| May 18, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 36 min |
| May 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Richland | 56 min |
| May 18, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 52 min |
| May 18, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 46 min |
| May 18, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 42 min |
| May 18, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 45 min |
| May 18, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 30 min |
| May 18, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 57 min |
| May 18, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 67 min |
| May 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 27 min |
| May 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 55 min |
| May 18, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 33 min |
| May 18, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison, Union | 28 min |
| May 18, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 46 min |
| May 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 40 min |
| May 18, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 69 min |
| May 18, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 53 min |
| May 18, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 38 min |
| May 18, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 38 min |
| May 18, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Tuscarawas | 62 min |
| May 18, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 36 min |
| May 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 34 min |
| May 18, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 44 min |
| May 18, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 63 min |
| May 18, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 30 min |
| May 18, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 28 min |
| May 18, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 25 min |
| May 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 26 min |
| May 18, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Trumbull | 64 min |
| May 18, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll and 49 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 43 min |
| May 18, 11:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance | 39 min |
| May 18, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton, Henry | 51 min |
| May 18, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Paulding | 32 min |
| May 18, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 53 min |
| May 18, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Putnam, Van Wert | 49 min |
| May 18, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 50 min |
| May 19, 12:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen | 37 min |
| May 19, 12:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca, Wyandot | 63 min |
| May 19, 12:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 63 min |
| May 19, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 62 min |
| May 19, 12:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion | 68 min |
| May 19, 12:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 115 min |
| May 19, 12:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 65 min |
| May 19, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 32 min |
| May 19, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 32 min |
| May 19, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 50 min |
| May 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 30 min |
| May 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Noble | 6 hr |
| May 19, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Pike | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ross | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 60 min |
| May 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 30 min |
| May 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs and 7 more | 4 hr |
| May 19, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 48 min |
| May 19, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 63 min |
| May 19, 6:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 2 hr |
| May 19, 6:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Noble | 3 hr |
| May 19, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 116 min |
| May 19, 8:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 2 hr |
| May 19, 8:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 100 min |
| May 19, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 2 hr |
| May 25, 7:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock, Seneca, Wood | 3 hr |
| May 25, 7:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Henry | 3 hr |
| May 25, 7:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Paulding, Putnam | 4 hr |
| May 25, 8:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Huron | 3 hr |
| May 25, 9:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Lorain, Medina, Richland, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 25, 9:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 3 hr |
| May 25, 9:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 3 hr |
| May 25, 10:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 4 hr |
| May 25, 11:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Knox | 3 hr |
| May 25, 11:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Morrow | 3 hr |
| May 25, 1:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Allen | 108 min |
| May 25, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 6 hr |
| May 25, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 6 hr |
| May 25, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Columbiana, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| May 25, 2:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 3 hr |
| May 25, 2:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes | 3 hr |
| May 25, 4:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Wayne | 4 hr |
| May 25, 4:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Morrow, Richland | 4 hr |
| May 25, 4:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Medina | 4 hr |
| May 25, 4:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wyandot | 4 hr |
| May 25, 10:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 5 hr |
| May 31, 4:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke | 4 hr |
| May 31, 7:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke | 4 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 82 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 30 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Knox County8
- Morrow County8
- Hancock County7
- Wood County7
- Belmont County7
- Richland County7
- Crawford County6
- Defiance County6
- Henry County6
- Paulding County6
- Seneca County6
- Wyandot County6
- Columbiana County6
- Jefferson County6
- Allen County6
- Marion County6
- Ashland County6
- Holmes County6
- Lorain County6
- Fulton County5
- Lucas County5
- Putnam County5
- Sandusky County5
- Darke County5
- Ashtabula County5
- Trumbull County5
- Delaware County5
- Carroll County5
- Huron County5
- Stark County5
- Wayne County5
- Scioto County5
- Adams County5
- Erie County4
- Ottawa County4
- Van Wert County4
- Franklin County4
- Licking County4
- Geauga County4
- Ross County4
43 more counties
- Auglaize County4
- Coshocton County4
- Harrison County4
- Medina County4
- Portage County4
- Tuscarawas County4
- Williams County3
- Muskingum County3
- Champaign County3
- Hardin County3
- Guernsey County3
- Mahoning County3
- Summit County3
- Union County3
- Pike County3
- Lawrence County2
- Clinton County2
- Fayette County2
- Pickaway County2
- Hocking County2
- Athens County2
- Clark County2
- Logan County2
- Mercer County2
- Shelby County2
- Cuyahoga County2
- Lake County2
- Monroe County2
- Perry County2
- Morgan County2
- Noble County2
- Jackson County2
- Vinton County2
- Greene County1
- Miami County1
- Madison County1
- Fairfield County1
- Clermont County1
- Brown County1
- Highland County1
- Gallia County1
- Meigs County1
- Washington County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.