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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 3, 1988Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1988, 6:31 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 1988, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1988, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1988-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1988-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.