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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 19, 1998Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 2:38 AM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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 19, 1998, 2:38 AM EDT (06:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1998, 3:40 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 3:00 AM EDTThunderstorm WindFindlay, OHPart of the roof of a large building was blown off. One tree was uprooted and other trees and telephone poles were damaged.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 12:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3764 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3764 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
16.9

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The text

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

772 
WUUS1 KCLE 190640 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC063-190740-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
238 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 340 AM EDT

* AT 237 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF FINDLAY OR 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF
  ARLINGTON MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  ARLINGTON
  HOUCKTOWN
  VANLUE

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

SEM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 2:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood61 min
Jun 19, 3:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula66 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.