Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1988, 6:03 PM EDT for Fulton County, Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 25, 1988, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1988, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, OH, Lucas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 6:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Fulton, 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOL 252204
SVRTOL
OHC051-095-252245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
603 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
...FULTON...LUCAS
AT 6PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER FULTON AND LUCAS COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST
OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED 3/4 INCH HAIL IN
ARCHBOLD IN FULTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT
20 MILES PER HOUR.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUI1LDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
RJKWhat 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, Jul 25, 2:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 245 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1988 AT 240 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER WYANDOT COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 240 PM EDT AND THEY SHOULD ENTER RICHLAND COUNTY BY 330PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITYP TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWN POURS AND PEA SIZE HAIL AS THEY MOVE OVERHEAD. BANYAS ...CORRECTED TIME IN HEADING
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 425 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1988 THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO TRUMBULL COUNTY. AT 420 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST FARMINGTON AND SOUTHINGTON IN TRUMBULL COUNTY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DOWNPOURS WITH POSIBLE PONDING OF ROADWAYS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EASTERLY AT ABOUT 15 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PORTAGE COUNTY THAT WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO MAHONING COUNTY BY 7PM EDT THIS EVENING. REMEMBER... THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LIGHTNING WHICH KILLS MORE PEOPLE IN OHIO THAN ANY OTHER WEATHER HAZARD. STAY INSIDE DURING ELECTRICAL STORMS AND LISTEN FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS EVENT. UDELL
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 455 PM EDT MON JUL 25 19885 AT 450 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WINDS... HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY BETWEEN LAGRANGE AND GRAFTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO CLEVELANDS SOUTHWEST SUBURBS SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WAS HEADING TOWARD THE STRONGSVILLE... MIDDLEBURG HTS AND BEREA AREAS. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH IT MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL... WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 455 PM EDT MON JUL 25 19885 AT 450 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WINDS... HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY FROM ELYRIA TO GRAFTON. AS THE STORM MOVED THROUGH LAGRANGE IT PRODUCED 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS AND 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO CLEVELANDS SOUTHWEST SUBURBS SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WAS HEADING TOWARD THE STRONGSVILLE... OLMSTED FALLS... MIDDLEBURG HTS AND BEREA AREAS. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH IT MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL... WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:28 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
529 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1988
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.
AT 425 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH-CENTRAL WOOD...SOUTHWEST FULTON...AND
HENRY COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHWEST OHIO.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20
MILES PER HOUR.
PEOPLE THROUGHOUT ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING.
KOOPMEINERS
[Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:30 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 529 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1988 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 525 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH-CENTRAL WOOD...SOUTHWEST FULTON...AND HENRY COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING. KOOPMEINERS ... CORRECTED TIME ...
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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.