Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, August 1997
6 severe thunderstorm watches 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- August 16, 19973 severe thunderstorm watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Henry County3
- Putnam County3
- Seneca County3
- Wood County3
- Ashtabula County2
- Cuyahoga County2
- Erie County2
- Fulton County2
- Geauga County2
- Huron County2
- Lake County2
- Lorain County2
- Lucas County2
- Ottawa County2
- Sandusky County2
- Defiance County2
- Paulding County2
- Van Wert County2
- Williams County2
- Allen County2
- Auglaize County2
- Champaign County2
- Clark County2
- Crawford County2
- Delaware County2
- Fayette County2
- Franklin County2
- Greene County2
- Hancock County2
- Hardin County2
- Logan County2
- Madison County2
- Marion County2
- Miami County2
- Morrow County2
- Pickaway County2
- Shelby County2
- Union County2
- Wyandot County2
- Scioto County2
39 more counties
- Ashland County1
- Carroll County1
- Columbiana County1
- Coshocton County1
- Holmes County1
- Knox County1
- Licking County1
- Mahoning County1
- Medina County1
- Portage County1
- Richland County1
- Stark County1
- Summit County1
- Trumbull County1
- Tuscarawas County1
- Wayne County1
- Clinton County1
- Darke County1
- Mercer County1
- Montgomery County1
- Preble County1
- Ross County1
- Warren County1
- Athens County1
- Gallia County1
- Hocking County1
- Jackson County1
- Lawrence County1
- Meigs County1
- Monroe County1
- Morgan County1
- Perry County1
- Vinton County1
- Washington County1
- Adams County1
- Brown County1
- Clermont County1
- Highland County1
- Pike 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.