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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 15, 1988Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1988, 8:58 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports 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 15, 1988, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1988, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 9:10 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52Lorain, OH
May 15, 9:20 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52Cuyahoga, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa45 min
May 15, 9:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMercer40 min
May 15, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie81 min
May 15, 10:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie, Warren69 min
May 15, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie, Warren67 min
May 15, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie, Warren61 min
May 15, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie49 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.