Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 1997
26 severe thunderstorm watches in 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 26
- Busiest month
- July8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 27, 19973 severe thunderstorm watches
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By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Scioto | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lawrence | 5 hr |
| May 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Defiance and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 32 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Noble | 6 hr |
| May 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Belmont, Jefferson, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Darke, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Champaign, Clark, Coshocton, Crawford and 28 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Ashland, Athens, Auglaize, Brown and 60 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Belmont, Guernsey, Meigs, Monroe, Noble, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Ashland, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Crawford and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Williams | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Ashland, Athens, Auglaize, Carroll, Champaign and 48 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Ashland, Athens, Auglaize, Brown and 52 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Williams | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Darke and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Fairfield, Franklin and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Fulton, Geauga, Henry and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Carroll, Champaign and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Crawford and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland, Pike, Scioto | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Miami County11
- Putnam County11
- Champaign County10
- Clark County10
- Hancock County10
- Henry County10
- Paulding County10
- Seneca County10
- Van Wert County10
- Wood County10
- Wyandot County10
- Franklin County10
- Crawford County9
- Defiance County9
- Williams County9
- Allen County9
- Auglaize County9
- Hardin County9
- Logan County9
- Shelby County9
- Delaware County9
- Marion County9
- Union County9
- Madison County9
- Darke County8
- Greene County8
- Erie County8
- Fulton County8
- Ottawa County8
- Sandusky County8
- Huron County8
- Licking County8
- Morrow County8
- Montgomery County7
- Preble County7
- Meigs County7
- Scioto County7
- Mercer County7
- Ashland County7
- Coshocton County7
48 more counties
- Knox County7
- Richland County7
- Pickaway County7
- Warren County6
- Gallia County6
- Jackson County6
- Lawrence County6
- Pike County6
- Lorain County6
- Monroe County6
- Athens County6
- Hocking County6
- Clinton County5
- Lucas County5
- Belmont County5
- Guernsey County5
- Holmes County5
- Medina County5
- Muskingum County5
- Wayne County5
- Morgan County5
- Ross County5
- Vinton County5
- Washington County5
- Fayette County5
- Perry County5
- Brown County4
- Ashtabula County4
- Carroll County4
- Cuyahoga County4
- Geauga County4
- Harrison County4
- Jefferson County4
- Lake County4
- Stark County4
- Tuscarawas County4
- Noble County4
- Fairfield County4
- Butler County3
- Clermont County3
- Portage County3
- Summit County3
- Adams County3
- Highland County3
- Hamilton County2
- Columbiana County2
- Mahoning County2
- Trumbull County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.