Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, May 1997
6 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- May 1, 19972 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Crawford County2
- Defiance County2
- Erie County2
- Fulton County2
- Hancock County2
- Henry County2
- Lucas County2
- Ottawa County2
- Paulding County2
- Putnam County2
- Sandusky County2
- Seneca County2
- Van Wert County2
- Williams County2
- Wood County2
- Wyandot County2
- Lawrence County2
- Belmont County2
- Guernsey County2
- Harrison County2
- Jefferson County2
- Allen County1
- Auglaize County1
- Champaign County1
- Clark County1
- Darke County1
- Hardin County1
- Logan County1
- Mercer County1
- Miami County1
- Shelby County1
- Ashland County1
- Ashtabula County1
- Carroll County1
- Columbiana County1
- Coshocton County1
- Cuyahoga County1
- Delaware County1
- Franklin County1
- Geauga County1
33 more counties
- Holmes County1
- Huron County1
- Knox County1
- Lake County1
- Licking County1
- Lorain County1
- Mahoning County1
- Marion County1
- Medina County1
- Morrow County1
- Muskingum County1
- Portage County1
- Richland County1
- Stark County1
- Summit County1
- Trumbull County1
- Tuscarawas County1
- Union County1
- Wayne County1
- Monroe County1
- Noble County1
- Athens County1
- Gallia County1
- Hocking County1
- Jackson County1
- Meigs County1
- Morgan County1
- Pickaway County1
- Pike County1
- Ross County1
- Scioto County1
- Vinton 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.