Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, August 1997
98 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 1997. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
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- Busiest day
- August 16, 199744 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 68 min |
| Aug 3, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 69 min |
| Aug 4, 1:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Williams | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 2:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 2:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 3:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 3:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison, Union | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 4:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ross | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 64 min |
| Aug 12, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance | 63 min |
| Aug 15, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Paulding | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 65 min |
| Aug 15, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Putnam | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Williams | 68 min |
| Aug 16, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Stark | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 2:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 7:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 7:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 8:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 8:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Wood | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 8:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 16 min |
| Aug 16, 9:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 9:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 9:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 10:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 69 min |
| Aug 16, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 10:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 10:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 68 min |
| Aug 16, 11:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton, Lucas | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Knox | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 69 min |
| Aug 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Paulding | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Putnam | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 68 min |
| Aug 16, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 69 min |
| Aug 16, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Richland | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen, Auglaize | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 12:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Vinton | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 15 min |
| Aug 17, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lorain County5
- Scioto County5
- Lucas County4
- Fulton County4
- Seneca County4
- Ottawa County3
- Sandusky County3
- Defiance County3
- Henry County3
- Clinton County3
- Erie County3
- Huron County3
- Knox County3
- Pike County3
- Jackson County3
- Gallia County3
- Clermont County3
- Lawrence County3
- Williams County2
- Wood County2
- Hancock County2
- Monroe County2
- Paulding County2
- Putnam County2
- Mahoning County2
- Columbiana County2
- Cuyahoga County2
- Geauga County2
- Trumbull County2
- Holmes County2
- Brown County2
- Adams County2
- Vinton County2
- Meigs County2
- Athens County2
- Hamilton County2
- Mercer County1
- Champaign County1
- Madison County1
- Union County1
25 more counties
- Franklin County1
- Fayette County1
- Ross County1
- Stark County1
- Ashtabula County1
- Portage County1
- Summit County1
- Morrow County1
- Medina County1
- Coshocton County1
- Lake County1
- Carroll County1
- Richland County1
- Jefferson County1
- Marion County1
- Belmont County1
- Guernsey County1
- Muskingum County1
- Noble County1
- Allen County1
- Auglaize County1
- Washington County1
- Butler County1
- Warren County1
- Fairfield 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.