Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 31, 1998Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 7:50 PM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 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 31, 1998, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1998, 8:25 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Marion County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 31, 8:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Marion, OH	Numerous power poles were downed.
May 31, 8:00 PM EDT	Hail 1	Caledonia, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

475 
WUUS1 KCLE 312351 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC101-010025-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 825 PM EDT

* AT 749 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF MARION OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MARTEL MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
  STORM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  MARTEL
  MARION

.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, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 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, 1 hour 33 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, 1 hour 10 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, 1 hour 10 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, 7:03 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
703 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0655 PM    AUBURN CENTER             OH   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   GEAUGA                         TREES DOWN. ONE 17 INCH
                                          DIAMETER TREE COMPLETELY
                                          UPROOHTED.

Special weather statement, May 31, 7:04 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027-010005-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
704 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

IN OHIO

LUCAS          HANCOCK          WOOD
WYANDOT        MARION

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED

IN OHIO

OTTAWA          SANDUSKY          SENECA
ERIE            HURON

SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTEPD THIS EVENING FOR THE ABOVE
COUNTIES

BARJENBRUCH

The 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, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow	61 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, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1998 Every 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.