Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1988, 2:28 PM EDT for Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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 9, 1988, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1988, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam 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, 2:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Putnam, OH | |
| May 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Putnam, 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 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, 2 hours 36 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, 1 hour 48 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, 48 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
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, 2:45 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 | Lake | 43 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.