Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 1:19 PM EDT for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 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
- Apr 8, 1998, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sandusky County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1:40 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Hessville, OH | |
| Apr 8, 1:56 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Fremont, 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
165 WUUS1 KCLE 081721 RRA SVRCLE OHC143-081800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 119 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...SANDUSKY COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND HAS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HELENA IN SANDUSKY COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. THE TOWN OF KINGSWAY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MILLER
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, Apr 8, 7:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-091200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 730 AM EDT WED APR 8 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OVER IOWA WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STATIONARY TODAY AS A WARM FRONT...EAST OF THE LOW...MOVES NORTH INTO THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THIS FRONT AND SPREAD INTO THE REGION LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD TURN SEVERE AS MOISTURE AND ENERGY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL CABLE OR BROADCAST TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. TK
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 7:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-091200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 730 AM EDT WED APR 8 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OVER IOWA WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STATIONARY TODAY AS A WARM FRONT...EAST OF THE LOW...MOVES NORTH INTO THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THIS FRONT AND SPREAD INTO THE REGION LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD TURN SEVERE AS MOISTURE AND ENERGY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL CABLE OR BROADCAST TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. TK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 62 min |
| Apr 8, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 41 min |
| Apr 8, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 59 min |
| Apr 8, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 57 min |
| Apr 8, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 57 min |
| Apr 8, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 68 min |
| Apr 8, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 64 min |
| Apr 8, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 67 min |
| Apr 8, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit, Wayne | 63 min |
| Apr 8, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Trumbull | 57 min |
| Apr 8, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 52 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.