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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 26, 1998Huron County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 8:26 AM EDT for Huron County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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 26, 1998, 8:26 AM EDT (12:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1998, 9:15 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:28 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1998-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 407 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1998-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

134 
WUUS1 KCLE 261228 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC077-093-261315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
826 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 915 AM EDT

* AT 825 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF NORWALK OR 6 MILES WEST OF
  CAMDEN MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  CAMDEN
  WELLINGTON
  LAGRANGE

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

RINGO

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 26, 5:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-271200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
550 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AND A FEW OF
THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE.

A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL STAY FOR THE MOST PART JUST NORTH OF THE
STATE TODAY.  VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR OVER THE REGION AND THE PROXIMITY
OF THE FRONT COULD AID IN THE DEVELOPEMENT OF WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR CABLE
TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATIOFN.
DEM
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-271200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
550 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AND A FEW OF
THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE.

A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL STAY FOR THE MOST PART JUST NORTH OF THE
STATE TODAY.  VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR OVER THE REGION AND THE PROXIMITY
OF THE FRONT COULD AID IN THE DEVELOPEMENT OF WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR CABLE
TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATIOFN.
DEM
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-281200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
617 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

THERE WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT
AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF OF
THE STATE.

A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NORTHWEST OHIO TO EAST
CENTRAL OHIO FOR MOST OF THE DAY. VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR OVER THE
REGION AND THE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT...COMBINED WITH WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST...WILL AID IN THE
DEVELOPEMENT OF WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO AND
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR CABLE
TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

WOODWORTH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 5:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland48 min
Jun 26, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne51 min
Jun 26, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland36 min
Jun 26, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark62 min
Jun 26, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.