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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 31, 1998Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 6:46 PM EDT for Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1998, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1998, 7:35 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lake County, OH

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1035 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1035 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

078 
WUUS1 KCLE 312248 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC085-OHZ525-312335-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
646 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT WATERS IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 735 PM EDT

* AT 644 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF EUCLID MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH. LARGE HAIL WAS REPOSRTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  PAINESVILLE

.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE
A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

&
GABRIC

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

Local storm report, May 31, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
546 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0532 PM    CASTALIA                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   ERIE

0537 PM    WESTLAKE                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CUYAHOGA
Local storm report, May 31, 5:57 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
557 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    NOVELTY                   OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   GEAUGA

0553 PM    NEWBURY                   OH   .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   GEAUGA

0553 PM    NEWBURY                   OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   GEAUGA
Local storm report, May 31, 5:57 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
557 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    NOVELTY                   OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   GEAUGA

0553 PM    NEWBURY                   OH   .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   GEAUGA

0553 PM    NEWBURY                   OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   GEAUGA
Local storm report, May 31, 6:17 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
617 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0605 PM    CONNEAUTVILLE             PA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CRAWFORD

0605 PM    CANTON                    OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   STARK

0614 PM    AVON                      OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   LORAIN
Local storm report, May 31, 6:40 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
640 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0617 PM    BAY VLG                   OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CUYAHOGA

0619 PM    SHEFFIELD LAKE            OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   LORAIN

0620 PM    BROOKLYN                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CUYAHOGA

0635 PM    TWINSBURG                 OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   SUMMIT

0638 PM    EUCLID                    OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CUYAHOGA
Local storm report, May 31, 6:40 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
640 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0617 PM    BAY VLG                   OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CUYAHOGA

0619 PM    SHEFFIELD LAKE            OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   LORAIN

0620 PM    BROOKLYN                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CUYAHOGA

0635 PM    TWINSBURG                 OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   SUMMIT

0638 PM    EUCLID                    OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CUYAHOGA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 10:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky50 min
May 31, 10:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa48 min
May 31, 10:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie49 min
May 31, 11:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lake47 min
May 31, 11:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga50 min
May 31, 11:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula49 min
May 31, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood58 min
May 31, 2:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWood59 min
May 31, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca60 min
May 31, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock65 min
May 31, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake63 min
May 31, 3:52 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake63 min
May 31, 3:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula31 min
May 31, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot63 min
May 31, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca50 min
May 31, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula50 min
May 31, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron63 min
May 31, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox64 min
May 31, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain65 min
May 31, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie65 min
May 31, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga63 min
May 31, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula63 min
May 31, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes49 min
May 31, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga61 min
May 31, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit50 min
May 31, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull62 min
May 31, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark33 min
May 31, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain60 min
May 31, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion62 min
May 31, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow61 min
May 31, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Richland62 min
May 31, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes65 min
May 31, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion35 min
May 31, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.