Alert archive / Ohio / 2008
Weather alerts in Ohio, May 2008
71 weather alerts in May 2008, 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 71
- Warnings
- 45
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 8
- Busiest day
- May 31, 200840 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Huron, Lorain | 108 min |
| May 2, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 14 min |
| May 2, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 31 min |
| May 2, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Licking | 37 min |
| May 2, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Huron, Lorain, Richland | 44 min |
| May 2, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Stark, Summit, Wayne | 36 min |
| May 3, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 24 min |
| May 3, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 29 min |
| May 3, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain | 43 min |
| May 8, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Greene | 25 min |
| May 8, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 44 min |
| May 8, 6:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton and 17 more | 63 min |
| May 11, 6:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Clermont, Darke, Hamilton, Montgomery, Preble and 1 more | 115 min |
| May 11, 9:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Athens, Gallia, Highland, Hocking, Jackson and 6 more | 26 min |
| May 11, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs | 6 hr |
| May 11, 10:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 62 min |
| May 11, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 60 min |
| May 11, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union | 29 min |
| May 11, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 39 min |
| May 11, 1:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Crawford and 27 more | 117 min |
| May 11, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin | 48 min |
| May 11, 2:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey and 18 more | 57 min |
| May 12, 6:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Marion | 27 hr |
| May 13, 6:43 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILN | Adams, Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Pickaway, Pike and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 13, 8:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 22 more | 2 hr |
| May 15, 10:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Hamilton and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 18, 3:31 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IWX | Fulton, Williams | 16 hr |
| May 27, 4:06 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | IWX | Fulton, Williams | 27 hr |
| May 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Knox and 10 more | 17 hr |
| May 28, 5:21 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | Columbiana | 13 hr |
| May 30, 6:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Darke, Mercer, Paulding, Van Wert | 87 min |
| May 30, 10:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and 2 more | 29 min |
| May 30, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 36 min |
| May 31, 12:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding, Putnam | 30 min |
| May 31, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 39 min |
| May 31, 12:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Henry, Putnam | 41 min |
| May 31, 12:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Darke, Preble | 55 min |
| May 31, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 49 min |
| May 31, 12:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 43 min |
| May 31, 12:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 43 min |
| May 31, 12:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 33 min |
| May 31, 12:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton and 27 more | 34 min |
| May 31, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 32 min |
| May 31, 1:07 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 24 more | 3 hr |
| May 31, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami, Montgomery | 37 min |
| May 31, 1:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 26 min |
| May 31, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 35 min |
| May 31, 1:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock, Seneca | 43 min |
| May 31, 1:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 63 min |
| May 31, 1:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Greene, Montgomery, Warren | 62 min |
| May 31, 1:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 44 min |
| May 31, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca | 42 min |
| May 31, 2:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 4 hr |
| May 31, 2:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Athens, Auglaize, Belmont, Butler, Carroll and 58 more | 94 min |
| May 31, 3:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Logan, Shelby, Union | 47 min |
| May 31, 4:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Madison, Union | 30 min |
| May 31, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Columbiana and 30 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 4:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Union | 45 min |
| May 31, 4:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Knox | 29 min |
| May 31, 4:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 41 min |
| May 31, 4:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 52 min |
| May 31, 4:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 52 min |
| May 31, 5:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Union | 2 hr |
| May 31, 7:27 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Noble | 2 hr |
| May 31, 10:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 27 min |
| May 31, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 35 min |
| May 31, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe and 5 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| May 31, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 110 min | |
| May 31, 4:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs and 5 more | 62 min |
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 | 31 |
| Tornado Warning | 9 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 13 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greene County11
- Preble County11
- Butler County10
- Delaware County10
- Franklin County10
- Montgomery County10
- Union County10
- Huron County9
- Hocking County9
- Licking County9
- Warren County9
- Darke County9
- Clinton County8
- Clark County8
- Miami County8
- Lawrence County8
- Monroe County8
- Morgan County8
- Noble County8
- Washington County8
- Fairfield County7
- Richland County7
- Champaign County7
- Madison County7
- Gallia County7
- Belmont County7
- Shelby County7
- Ashland County6
- Stark County6
- Wayne County6
- Hamilton County6
- Perry County6
- Pickaway County6
- Athens County6
- Meigs County6
- Vinton County6
- Holmes County6
- Knox County6
- Auglaize County6
- Logan County6
48 more counties
- Mercer County6
- Lorain County5
- Medina County5
- Summit County5
- Clermont County5
- Fayette County5
- Highland County5
- Ross County5
- Jackson County5
- Coshocton County5
- Guernsey County5
- Harrison County5
- Marion County5
- Muskingum County5
- Hancock County5
- Hardin County5
- Putnam County5
- Erie County4
- Pike County4
- Carroll County4
- Morrow County4
- Tuscarawas County4
- Columbiana County4
- Jefferson County4
- Mahoning County4
- Allen County4
- Paulding County4
- Sandusky County3
- Brown County3
- Crawford County3
- Portage County3
- Fulton County3
- Van Wert County3
- Williams County3
- Wood County3
- Seneca County3
- Adams County2
- Scioto County2
- Defiance County2
- Henry County2
- Geauga County2
- Trumbull County2
- Wyandot County2
- Ottawa County1
- Lucas County1
- Ashtabula County1
- Cuyahoga County1
- Lake 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. Rebuilt daily.