Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1998, 1:09 PM EST for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 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
- Mar 28, 1998, 1:09 PM EST (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1998, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1:10 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, OH | Trees and power poles were downed. |
| Mar 28, 1:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Castalia, OH | Telephone and power poles were downed. |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
299 WUUS1 KCLE 281810 RRA SVRCLE OHC043-077-281915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 109 PM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN OHIO ...ERIE COUNTY...HURON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 1:05 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHWEST ERIE COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTIES...REACHING SANDUSKY AROUND 1:30 PM AND NORWALK AND NEW HAVEN AROUND 1:45 PM. HIGH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Mar 28, 9:50 AM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>011-017>020-027>031-036-037-047-290000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 950 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THERE WILL BE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY AS A LINE OF STORMS MAKES ITS WAY FROM NORTHERN INDIANA...EAST INTO THE BUCKEYE STATE. THE LINE WILL ENTER THE NORTHWESTERN MOST COUNTIES AFTER 10 AM. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS...HIGH WIND WILL BE THE LARGEST THREAT. ALSO HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. CORRECTED COMPUTER ERROR WHICH LEFT OUT A LINE.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 9:50 AM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>011-017>020-027>031-036-037-047-290000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 950 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THERE WILL BE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY AS A LINE OF STORMS MAKES ITS WAY FROM NORTHERN INDIANA...EAST INTO THE BUCKEYE STATE. THE LINE WILL ENTER THE NORTHWESTERN MOST COUNTIES AFTER 10 AM. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS...HIGH WIND WILL BE THE LARGEST THREAT. THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. TK
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 9:50 AM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>011-017>020-027>031-036-037-047-290000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 950 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THERE WILL BE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY AS A LINE OF STORMS MAKES ITS WAY FROM NORTHERN INDIANA...EAST INTO THE BUCKEYE STATE. THE LINE WILL ENTER THE NORTHWESTERN MOST COUNTIES AFTER 10 AM. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS...HIGH WIND WILL BE THE LARGEST THREAT. THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. TK
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 9:50 AM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>011-017>020-027>031-036-037-047-290000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 950 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THERE WILL BE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY AS A LINE OF STORMS MAKES ITS WAY FROM NORTHERN INDIANA...EAST INTO THE BUCKEYE STATE. THE LINE WILL ENTER THE NORTHWESTERN MOST COUNTIES AFTER 10 AM. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS...HIGH WIND WILL BE THE LARGEST THREAT. ALSO HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. CORRECTED COMPUTER ERROR WHICH LEFT OUT A LINE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 55 min |
| Mar 28, 11:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 11:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 12:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 12:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.