Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 3:45 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 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
- Jun 2, 1998, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 4:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mahoning County, OH, Trumbull County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:08 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Farmington, OH | |
| Jun 2, 4:28 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Sebring, 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
231 WUUS1 KCLE 021946 RRA SVRCLE OHC099-155-022050- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 345 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MAHONING COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO * UNTIL 450 PM EDT * AT 343 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BURTON TO RAVENNA TO CANTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... YOUNGSTOWN CANFIELD NILES WARREN .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, 4 hours 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, 4 hours 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 3:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 67 min |
| Jun 2, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.