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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 2, 1998Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 3:30 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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
Jun 2, 1998, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1998, 4:20 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Portage County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 4:20 PM EDTHail 1.75Suffield, 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 1998-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 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 1998-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1288 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

162 
WUUS1 KCLE 021932 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC133-022020-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
330 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 420 PM EDT

* AT 329 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AKRON MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  SUFFIELD
  RANDOLPH
  ATWATER

.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE
A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

BARJENBRUCH

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, Jun 2, 11:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-031200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1145 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON.

A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD
BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST OHIO BETWEEN NOON AND
200 PM. THE BEST AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EAST OF TOLEDO AND
FINDLAY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MEANS THE WINDS ARE 58 MPH OR HIGHER AND THE HAIL
WILL BE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER.

PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE READY
TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE
AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON.

WOODWORTH
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-031200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1145 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON.

A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD
BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST OHIO BETWEEN NOON AND
200 PM. THE BEST AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EAST OF TOLEDO AND
FINDLAY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MEANS THE WINDS ARE 58 MPH OR HIGHER AND THE HAIL
WILL BE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER.

PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE READY
TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE
AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON.

WOODWORTH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 3:25 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit30 min
Jun 2, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina48 min
Jun 2, 3:34 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage, Stark36 min
Jun 2, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula47 min
Jun 2, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake49 min
Jun 2, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull65 min
Jun 2, 3:58 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit67 min
Jun 2, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark46 min
Jun 2, 4:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage, Stark51 min
Jun 2, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull51 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.