Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 6:19 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 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, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 7:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 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 22:22 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, 6:24 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Poland, OH | Large hail fell in Poland Township. Large hail (1.00") also fell at Youngstown. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 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.
379 WUUS1 KCLE 022220 RRA SVRCLE OHC099-155-022310- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 619 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 710 PM EDT * AT 618 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARREN OR IN THE VICINITY OF LORDSTOWN MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR... LORDSTOWN NILES GIRARD CHURCHILL YOUNGSTOWN HUBBARD .GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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
Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
540 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT DIME SIZED HAIL
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP
0331 PM MEDINA OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 MEDINA
0340 PM EUCLID OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CUYAHOGA
0340 PM NORTH CANTON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 STARK
0345 PM ANDOVER OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ASHTABULA
0345 PM AKRON OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0348 PM COPLEY OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0352 PM CLEVELAND OH .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CUYAHOGA
0355 PM WILLOUGHBY HILLS OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 LAKE
0358 PM AKRON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0358 PM CHESTERLAND OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 GEAUGA
0400 PM AKRON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0405 PM AKRON OH 80 MPH TSTM GUST
06/02/98 SUMMIT NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0408 PM FARMINGTON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 TRUMBULL
0423 PM HARTVILLE OH TORNADO
06/02/98 STARK POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
BY SHERIFF
0428 PM SEBRING OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 MAHONING
0434 PM BARBERTON OH TORNADO
06/02/98 SUMMIT POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
BY SHERIFF DEPUTY IN
PORTAGE LAKES AREA
0437 PM LOUISVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 STARK
0442 PM MEADVILLE PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CRAWFORD
0445 PM LOUISVILLE OH TORNADO
06/02/98 STARK SMALL TORNADO REPORTED BY
SKYWARN
LGLocal storm report, Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
540 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT DIME SIZED HAIL
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP
0331 PM MEDINA OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 MEDINA
0340 PM EUCLID OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CUYAHOGA
0340 PM NORTH CANTON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 STARK
0345 PM ANDOVER OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ASHTABULA
0345 PM AKRON OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0348 PM COPLEY OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0352 PM CLEVELAND OH .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CUYAHOGA
0355 PM WILLOUGHBY HILLS OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 LAKE
0358 PM AKRON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0358 PM CHESTERLAND OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 GEAUGA
0400 PM AKRON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0405 PM AKRON OH 80 MPH TSTM GUST
06/02/98 SUMMIT NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0408 PM FARMINGTON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 TRUMBULL
0423 PM HARTVILLE OH TORNADO
06/02/98 STARK POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
BY SHERIFF
0428 PM SEBRING OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 MAHONING
0434 PM BARBERTON OH TORNADO
06/02/98 SUMMIT POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
BY SHERIFF DEPUTY IN
PORTAGE LAKES AREA
0437 PM LOUISVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 STARK
0442 PM MEADVILLE PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CRAWFORD
0445 PM LOUISVILLE OH TORNADO
06/02/98 STARK SMALL TORNADO REPORTED BY
SKYWARN
LGLocal storm report, Jun 2, 5:48 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
548 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT DIME SIZED HAIL
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP
0331 PM MEDINA OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 MEDINA
0340 PM EUCLID OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CUYAHOGA
0340 PM NORTH CANTON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 STARK
0345 PM ANDOVER OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ASHTABULA
0345 PM AKRON OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0348 PM COPLEY OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0352 PM CLEVELAND OH .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CUYAHOGA
0355 PM WILLOUGHBY HILLS OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 LAKE
0358 PM AKRON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0358 PM CHESTERLAND OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 GEAUGA
0400 PM AKRON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0405 PM AKRON OH 80 MPH TSTM GUST
06/02/98 SUMMIT NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0408 PM FARMINGTON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 TRUMBULL
0420 PM SUFFIELD OH 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 PORTAGE
0423 PM HARTVILLE OH TORNADO
06/02/98 STARK POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
BY SHERIFF
0428 PM SEBRING OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 MAHONING
0434 PM BARBERTON OH TORNADO
06/02/98 SUMMIT POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
BY SHERIFF DEPUTY IN
PORTAGE LAKES AREA
0437 PM LOUISVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 STARK
0442 PM MEADVILLE PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CRAWFORD
0445 PM LOUISVILLE OH TORNADO
06/02/98 STARK SMALL TORNADO REPORTED BY
SKYWARN
LG
CORRECTED TO ADD PORTAGE COUNTY REPORTLocal storm report, Jun 2, 5:48 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
548 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT DIME SIZED HAIL
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP
0331 PM MEDINA OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 MEDINA
0340 PM EUCLID OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CUYAHOGA
0340 PM NORTH CANTON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 STARK
0345 PM ANDOVER OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ASHTABULA
0345 PM AKRON OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0348 PM COPLEY OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0352 PM CLEVELAND OH .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CUYAHOGA
0355 PM WILLOUGHBY HILLS OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 LAKE
0358 PM AKRON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0358 PM CHESTERLAND OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 GEAUGA
0400 PM AKRON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SUMMIT
0405 PM AKRON OH 80 MPH TSTM GUST
06/02/98 SUMMIT NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0408 PM FARMINGTON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 TRUMBULL
0420 PM SUFFIELD OH 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 PORTAGE
0423 PM HARTVILLE OH TORNADO
06/02/98 STARK POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
BY SHERIFF
0428 PM SEBRING OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 MAHONING
0434 PM BARBERTON OH TORNADO
06/02/98 SUMMIT POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
BY SHERIFF DEPUTY IN
PORTAGE LAKES AREA
0437 PM LOUISVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 STARK
0442 PM MEADVILLE PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CRAWFORD
0445 PM LOUISVILLE OH TORNADO
06/02/98 STARK SMALL TORNADO REPORTED BY
SKYWARN
LG
CORRECTED TO ADD PORTAGE COUNTY REPORTSpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 5:50 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
OHZ011>014-020-022250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 550 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. CUYAHOGA MEDINA GEAUGA LAKE ASHTABULA SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:50 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
OHZ011>014-020-022250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 550 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. CUYAHOGA MEDINA GEAUGA LAKE ASHTABULA SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING. BARJENBRUCH
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, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 65 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 |
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.