Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 6:59 PM EDT for Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morrow County, OH
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
186 WUUS1 KCLE 312301 RRA SVRCLE OHC117-010000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 659 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 659 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING NEAR IBERIA AND DENMARK OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MT. GILEAD WILLIAMSPORT .SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 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 13 minutes 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 CUYAHOGALocal storm report, May 31, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 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 GEAUGALocal storm report, May 31, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 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 GEAUGALocal storm report, May 31, 6:17 PM EDT, 42 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 LORAINLocal storm report, May 31, 6:40 PM EDT, 19 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 CUYAHOGALocal storm report, May 31, 6:40 PM EDT, 19 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 CUYAHOGAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 50 min |
| May 31, 10:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 48 min |
| May 31, 10:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 49 min |
| May 31, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lake | 47 min |
| May 31, 11:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 50 min |
| May 31, 11:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 49 min |
| May 31, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 58 min |
| May 31, 2:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wood | 59 min |
| May 31, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 60 min |
| May 31, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 65 min |
| May 31, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 63 min |
| May 31, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 63 min |
| May 31, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 31 min |
| May 31, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 63 min |
| May 31, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 50 min |
| May 31, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 50 min |
| May 31, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 63 min |
| May 31, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 64 min |
| May 31, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 65 min |
| May 31, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 65 min |
| May 31, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 63 min |
| May 31, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 63 min |
| May 31, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 49 min |
| May 31, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 61 min |
| May 31, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 50 min |
| May 31, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Trumbull | 62 min |
| May 31, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 33 min |
| May 31, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain | 60 min |
| May 31, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 49 min |
| May 31, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 62 min |
| May 31, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Richland | 62 min |
| May 31, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 65 min |
| May 31, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 35 min |
| May 31, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.