Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Cleveland, OH
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:24 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, OH | Trees and power lines were downed, especially in the Mt. Vernon area. |
| Jun 27, 1:30 AM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Chesterville, 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.
- 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
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@ILEADLocal 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@ILEADThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 2:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Morrow | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 4:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Richland | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Huron | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Wood | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 4:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Seneca | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Stark | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 64 min |
Nearby
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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.