Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1988, 5:47 PM EDT for Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1988, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1988, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lake County, OH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 5:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Lake, OH |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 9, 11:52 AM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1152 AM EDT MON MAY 9 1988 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 7 PM EDT. AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT IN INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS.7.. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. SJN
Special weather statement, May 9, 12:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1240 PM EDT MON MAY 9 1988 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 7 PM EDT. AT 1235 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... FREyQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. SJN
Special weather statement, May 9, 1:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 140 PM EDT MON MAY 9 1988 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 7 PM EDT. AT 135 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM FLINT MICHGIAN TO FORT WAYNE INDANIA. FORT WAYNE REPORTED ONE INCH HAIL WHEN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PASSED TO THEIR SOUTH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNING. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 9, 2:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 240 PM EDT MON MAY 9 1988 TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 7 PM EDT AND FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 235 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN THUNDERSTORM FROM DETROIT MICHGIAN TO 30 MILES WEST OF DAYTON OHIO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND THEY WILL BE NEAR A SANDUSKY TO SPRINGFIELD LINE BY 400 PM. THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER NORTHWEST PUTMAN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATYHER CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 9, 5:34 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 535 PM EDT MAY 9 1988 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO UNTIL 9PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. AT 525 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLEVELAND TO COLUMBUS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE GREATER YOUNGSTOWN AREA AROUND 700 PM. PEOPLE IN THE AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL RADIO STATIONS... OR LOCAL TELEVISION STATATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. TAYLOR
Special weather statement, May 9, 5:43 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 535 PM EDT MAY 9 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. AT 525 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLEVELAND TO COLUMBUS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE GREATER YOUNGSTOWN AREA AROUND 700 PM. PEOPLE IN THE AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL RADIO STATIONS... OR LOCAL TELEVISION STATATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. TAYLOR ...CORRECTED TO CHANGE TORNADO WATCH TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 68 min |
| May 9, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 44 min |
| May 9, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 32 min |
| May 9, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 30 min |
| May 9, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 50 min |
| May 9, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 46 min |
| May 9, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Summit | 57 min |
| May 9, 5:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 68 min |
| May 9, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 64 min |
| May 9, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 55 min |
| May 9, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton | 58 min |
| May 9, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 51 min |
| May 9, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Guernsey | 64 min |
| May 9, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 60 min |
| May 9, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mercer | 43 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.