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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 31, 1998Ashland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 8:09 PM EDT for Ashland County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 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, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1998, 8:55 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Ashland 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-334 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 010009 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC005-010055-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 855 PM EDT

* AT 807 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF MILLERSBURG OR 3 MILES WEST OF
  MOHICANVILLE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  LOUDONVILLE

.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, 2 hours 12 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 52 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 29 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 29 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, 1 hour 6 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, 1 hour 5 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark62 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.