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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 27, 1998Knox County, Morrow County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1998, 1:08 AM EDT for Knox County, Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min. 2 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 27, 1998, 1:08 AM EDT (05:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1998, 2:05 AM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Knox County, OH, Morrow County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 1:24 AM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, OHTrees and power lines were downed, especially in the Mt. Vernon area.
Jun 27, 1:30 AM EDTHail 1.75Chesterville, 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 1998-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2556 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
2556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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.

602 
WUUS1 KCLE 270509 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC083-117-270605-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
108 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 205 AM EDT

* AT 102 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR CHESTERVILLE IN EAST CENTRAL MORROW COUNTY AND WAS
  MOVING   SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS
  STORM WERE SPARTA IN MORROW COUNTY AND MOUNT VERNON IN KNOX COUNTY.

  ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF IBERIA  IN NORTHERN
  MORROW COUNTY...ALSO MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
  SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORMS ARE WILLIAMSPORT...PULASKIVILLE
  AND MOUNT GILEAD...ALL OF WHICH WERE IN MORROW COUNTY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...

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

WOODWORTH

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 26, 10:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1036 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

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

0511 PM    APPLE CREEK               OH   .88 INCH HAIL
06/26/98   WAYNE

0551 PM                              OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98   WAYNE                          HAIL OCCURRED AT THE
                                          INTERSECTION OF RTE 3 AND
                                          RTE 226

0705 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   MORROW                         BARN BLOWN DOWN ON RTE 61
                                          NORTH OF MOUNT G@ILEAD
Local storm report, Jun 26, 10:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1036 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

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

0511 PM    APPLE CREEK               OH   .88 INCH HAIL
06/26/98   WAYNE

0551 PM                              OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98   WAYNE                          HAIL OCCURRED AT THE
                                          INTERSECTION OF RTE 3 AND
                                          RTE 226

0705 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   MORROW                         BARN BLOWN DOWN ON RTE 61
                                          NORTH OF MOUNT G@ILEAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 1:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford63 min
Jun 27, 2:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox3 hr
Jun 27, 2:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMorrow3 hr
Jun 27, 2:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox63 min
Jun 27, 4:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Morrow3 hr
Jun 27, 4:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland3 hr
Jun 27, 8:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark, Wayne3 hr
Jun 27, 10:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas46 min
Jun 27, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron60 min
Jun 27, 4:09 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHuron61 min
Jun 27, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Wood61 min
Jun 27, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne66 min
Jun 27, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky65 min
Jun 27, 4:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Richland65 min
Jun 27, 4:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Morrow2 hr
Jun 27, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox66 min
Jun 27, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood64 min
Jun 27, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes66 min
Jun 27, 5:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESeneca63 min
Jun 27, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne63 min
Jun 27, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock65 min
Jun 27, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain66 min
Jun 27, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina65 min
Jun 27, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot65 min
Jun 27, 5:57 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford63 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit66 min
Jun 27, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga62 min
Jun 27, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Stark63 min
Jun 27, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland65 min
Jun 27, 6:20 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark65 min
Jun 27, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox63 min
Jun 27, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Morrow65 min
Jun 27, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot66 min
Jun 27, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland64 min
Jun 27, 6:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Morrow2 hr
Jun 27, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEKnox, Morrow61 min
Jun 27, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.