Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1998, 7:46 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min. 4 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 24, 1998, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1998, 8:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 24, 7:50 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Maumee, OH | A boater reported large hail as he came ashore on Maumee Bay. |
| Jun 24, 8:38 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 80 | Countywide, OH | Most of the damage in Ottawa County was caused by straight line winds. A gust of 92 miles per hour was measured in Erie Township. Sustained winds of 70 miles per hour were measured at Port Clinton. Many trees and power lines were downed, blocking several ro |
| Jun 24, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado F2 | Port Clinton, OH | A tornado touched down approximately 10 miles west of Port Clinton and just west of the Davis Bessie power plant. Winds were between 113 and 157 miles per hour. Considerable damage occurred, with some barns completely destroyed and an apartment complex heavi |
| Jun 24, 9:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Reno Beach, OH | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Jerusalem Township. Numerous trees were downed, many boats overturned and campers evacuated at Reno Beach and Maumee Bay State Park. |
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 24, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
161 WUUS1 KCLE 242348 RRA SVRCLE LEZ530-OHC095-123-OHZ520-521-250050- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 746 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LUCAS COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO OTTAWA COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO * UNTIL 850 PM EDT * AT 744 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF TOLEDO OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RENO BEACH MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR... RENO BEACH LOCUST POINT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. 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.
NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 2:45 AM EDT, 17 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 2:45 AM EDT, 17 hours 1 minute before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 245 AM EDT WED JUN 24 1998 AREAS OF FOG THIS AM SHUD BE SIGNIFICANT ENUF TO JUSTIFY EARLY MENTION IN ZONES...ESP ACRS S CWA COUNTIES. MVC CURRNTLY PUSHING TWD SE THRU W CNTL OH...ASSOCIATED -SHRA HAVE BEEN DISSIPATING DURG PAST COUPLE OF HRS WITHIN AREA OF SFC MSTR DIVERGC/RELATIVELY STABLE ENVIRONMENT. THIS FEATURE CUD PRODUCE A FEW SHRA/TSRA BY MID-MORNING AS IT PUSHES INTO MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACRS S/SE COUNTIES...PER 03Z RUC QPF BY 15Z...BUT SHUD AFFECT A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA. NEXT PSBL FCST PROBLEM IN SHORT TERM IS EVOLUTION OF MCS ACRS UPR MS RVR VLY. COMBINED IR/LTG DATA SUGGESTS MCS IS TURNING CORNER AND STARTING TO PROPAGATE TWD ESE...00Z-03Z MDLS DO NOT APPR TO BE HANDLING THIS MOVEMNT WELL. ALSO OF CONCERN IS APPARENT POOLING OF HIER DWPTS/INSTABILITY ACRS NE IN PER AWIPS LAPS DATA...COMBINED WITH SE TRACK OF LEADING MVC PRESENTS PSBLTY THAT MCS MIGHT DROP SE...OR THAT BAND OF TSTMS MAY DEVELOP TWD SE PER 0Z NGM QPF...AND INTO CWA WITHIN NEXT 10 HRS. HOWEVER...BUILDING HEIGHTS BEHIND LEADING MVC MAY INHIBIT SE PROGRESSION OF TSTMS. FOR NOW...SUGGEST CHC POPS BY ARND MIDDAY AS FAR S AS DAY/CMH...AND WUD NOT BE TOO SURPRISED IF TSTMS DEVELOPED INTO S COUNTIES AS WELL. CAN ALWAYS REMOVE POPS BY MID-MORNING IF WORSE CASE SCENARIO DOES NOT PAN OUT. TONIGHT AND THU...CHC POPS IN ORDER ACRS FAR NW COUNTIES DUE TO PROXIMITY TO UPSTRM MCS DEVELOPMNT/MOVEMNT. ACRS S 1/2 OF CWA...EXPECT HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TDA/THU AND A WARM/MUGGY NIGHT TONIGHT. VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE...BUT FOCUS FOR CONVECTION WL BE LIMITED TO WEAK MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES...ASSUMING ONE OR MORE UPSTREAM TSTM COMPLEXES DOES NOT DROP SWARD INTO REGION DURG PERIOD. ONE PSBL FOCUS FOR PM TSTMS ACRS S TDA IS WEAK SFC TROF ACRS S IN/NW KY...FOCUS FOR TSTMS TUE PM...WHICH MAY DRIFT TWD NE AND INTO N CNTL KY/SW OH/SE IN TDA. AG|AIN...EXPECT PATCHY DENSE FOG OVERNIGHT...ESP ACRS S. CVG 91/71/93 222 DAY 91/71/93 322 CMH 92/72/93 322 PRT 91/70/93 222 ROWLEY
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.