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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 19, 1998Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 3:49 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1998, 3:49 AM EDT (07:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1998, 4:55 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Ashtabula County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 261 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 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.

099 
WUUS1 KCLE 190751 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC007-190855-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 455 AM EDT

* AT 349 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON OR 1 MILE NORTHWEST
  OF COLEBROOK MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  COLEBROOK
  WAYNE
  ANDOVER

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

SEM

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 19, 3:47 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
OHZ003-006-190830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
347 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT
FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WATCH HAS MOVED EAST OF
THE AREA.

CONDITIONS MAY ONCE AGIN BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE AREA LATER TODAY SO STAY INFORMED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR FROM YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS.

ADAMS

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, 2:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.