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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 12, 1998Mahoning County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1998, 9:34 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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 12, 1998, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 1998, 10:35 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Mahoning County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 12, 9:56 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Boardman, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 12, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1057 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

408 
WUUS1 KCLE 130136 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC099-130235-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
934 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1035 PM EDT

* AT 931 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CRAIG BEACH IN NORTHWEST MAHONING
  THROUGH SEBRING.  THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.


.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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 12, 9:19 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
919 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0549 PM    WATERVILLE                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   LUCAS

0550 PM    WATERVILLE                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   LUCAS

0552 PM                              OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   WOOD                           NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME
                                          HAIL

0605 PM    BOWLING GREEN             OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   WOOD
0625 PM    BOWLING GREEN             OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   WOOD                           TREES DOWN

0632 PM    ELMORE                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   OTTAWA                         TREES DOWN AND DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL

0643 PM                              OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   SANDUSKY                       DIME SIZED HAIL NEAR
                                          HESSVILLE.

0659 PM    CLYDE                     OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   SANDUSKY

0705 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   HANCOCK                        WIND DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE
                                          TORNADO NEAR MCCOMB

0715 PM                              OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   ERIE                           NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL OVER WESTERN
                                          PORTION OF COUNTY
0735 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   WOOD                           NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
                                          JERRYVILLE

0749 PM    ELYRIA                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   LORAIN                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0755 PM    PLYMOUTH                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   HURON                          55-60 MPH WIND AND
                                          POSSIBLE TORNADO

0800 PM    NORTH RIDGEVILLE          OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   LORAIN                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0803 PM    CLEVELAND                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   CUYAHOGA                       58 MPH WIND MEASURED AT
                                          CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT

0823 PM    ELYRIA                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   LORAIN                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0823 PM    WESTLAKE                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   CUYAHOGA                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0830 PM    MANSFIELD                 OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   RICHLAND

0834 PM    MANSFIELD                 OH   1 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   RICHLAND

0836 PM    TWINSBURG                 OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/12/98   SUMMIT

0848 PM    MEDINA                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   MEDINA                         TREES DOWN

LG

Local storm report, Jun 12, 9:19 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
919 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0549 PM    WATERVILLE                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   LUCAS

0550 PM    WATERVILLE                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   LUCAS

0552 PM                              OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   WOOD                           NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME
                                          HAIL

0605 PM    BOWLING GREEN             OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   WOOD
0625 PM    BOWLING GREEN             OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   WOOD                           TREES DOWN

0632 PM    ELMORE                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   OTTAWA                         TREES DOWN AND DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL

0643 PM                              OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   SANDUSKY                       DIME SIZED HAIL NEAR
                                          HESSVILLE.

0659 PM    CLYDE                     OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   SANDUSKY

0705 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   HANCOCK                        WIND DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE
                                          TORNADO NEAR MCCOMB

0715 PM                              OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   ERIE                           NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL OVER WESTERN
                                          PORTION OF COUNTY
0735 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   WOOD                           NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
                                          JERRYVILLE

0749 PM    ELYRIA                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   LORAIN                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0755 PM    PLYMOUTH                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   HURON                          55-60 MPH WIND AND
                                          POSSIBLE TORNADO

0800 PM    NORTH RIDGEVILLE          OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   LORAIN                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0803 PM    CLEVELAND                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   CUYAHOGA                       58 MPH WIND MEASURED AT
                                          CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT

0823 PM    ELYRIA                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   LORAIN                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0823 PM    WESTLAKE                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   CUYAHOGA                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0830 PM    MANSFIELD                 OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   RICHLAND

0834 PM    MANSFIELD                 OH   1 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   RICHLAND

0836 PM    TWINSBURG                 OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/12/98   SUMMIT

0848 PM    MEDINA                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   MEDINA                         TREES DOWN

LG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	96 min
Jun 12, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lake	93 min
Jun 12, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	2 hr
Jun 12, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Summit	2 hr
Jun 12, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox, Morrow	92 min
Jun 12, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	63 min
Jun 12, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	63 min
Jun 12, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	95 min
Jun 12, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	93 min
Jun 12, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	93 min
Jun 12, 9:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Summit	48 min
Jun 13, 10:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Wayne	61 min
Jun 13, 11:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	64 min
Jun 13, 11:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga	65 min
Jun 13, 11:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	63 min
Jun 13, 12:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	62 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.