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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 27, 1998Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1998, 10:19 AM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 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 27, 1998, 10:19 AM EDT (14:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 1998, 11:05 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Lucas County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 252 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 6.6

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The text

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

381 
WUUS1 KCLE 271420 RRA
SVRCLE
LEZ530-OHC095-OHZ520-271505-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1019 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LUCAS COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 1105 AM EDT

* AT 1017 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF TOLEDO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  HARBOR VIEW
  CURTICE

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


MILLER

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 27, 6:07 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
607 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

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

0130 AM    CHESTERVILLE              OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/27/98   MORROW

0243 AM    FREDERICKTOWN             OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/27/98   KNOX

0306 AM    MT VERNON                 OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/98   KNOX

0333 AM    MT VERNON                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   KNOX                           TREES DOWN ON GREEN VALLEY
                                          ROAD WEST OF MOUNT VERNON.

0418 AM    FREDERICKTOWN             OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   KNOX                           WATER COVERING AREA ROADS

0430 AM    SHAUCK                    OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   MORROW                         ROADS FLOODED AT STATE
                                          ROUTES 314 AND 42

0442 AM    BELLVILLE                 OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   RICHLAND                       FLOODING ON STATE ROUTE 13
                                          SOUTH OF BELLVILLE. WATER
                                          3 FEET DEEP IN SOME SPOTS.

0530 AM    BELLVILLE                 OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   RICHLAND                       POLICE RESCUED MAN FROM
                                          CAR WASHED OFF ANKNEYTOWN
                                          ROAD SOUTH OF BELLVILLE.

0534 AM    STEAM CORNERS             OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   MORROW                         PERSON TRAPPED IN CAR BY
                                          FLOOD WATERS WEST AT STATE
                                          ROUTES 19 AND 288 WEST OF
                                          STEAM CORNERS.

0550 AM    FREDERICKTOWN             OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   KNOX                           PEOPLE TRAPPED ON TOP OF
                                          HOUSE ON YANKEE STREET
                                          NORTH OF FREDERICKTOWN.
                                          RESCUE IN PROGRESS.
                                          WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING
                                          ACROSS NORTH 2/3 OF
                                          COUNTY.

Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:07 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
607 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

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

0130 AM    CHESTERVILLE              OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/27/98   MORROW

0243 AM    FREDERICKTOWN             OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/27/98   KNOX

0306 AM    MT VERNON                 OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/98   KNOX

0333 AM    MT VERNON                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   KNOX                           TREES DOWN ON GREEN VALLEY
                                          ROAD WEST OF MOUNT VERNON.

0418 AM    FREDERICKTOWN             OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   KNOX                           WATER COVERING AREA ROADS

0430 AM    SHAUCK                    OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   MORROW                         ROADS FLOODED AT STATE
                                          ROUTES 314 AND 42

0442 AM    BELLVILLE                 OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   RICHLAND                       FLOODING ON STATE ROUTE 13
                                          SOUTH OF BELLVILLE. WATER
                                          3 FEET DEEP IN SOME SPOTS.

0530 AM    BELLVILLE                 OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   RICHLAND                       POLICE RESCUED MAN FROM
                                          CAR WASHED OFF ANKNEYTOWN
                                          ROAD SOUTH OF BELLVILLE.

0534 AM    STEAM CORNERS             OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   MORROW                         PERSON TRAPPED IN CAR BY
                                          FLOOD WATERS WEST AT STATE
                                          ROUTES 19 AND 288 WEST OF
                                          STEAM CORNERS.

0550 AM    FREDERICKTOWN             OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   KNOX                           PEOPLE TRAPPED ON TOP OF
                                          HOUSE ON YANKEE STREET
                                          NORTH OF FREDERICKTOWN.
                                          RESCUE IN PROGRESS.
                                          WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING
                                          ACROSS NORTH 2/3 OF
                                          COUNTY.

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:19 AM EDT, 4 hours 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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 1:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox, Morrow	57 min
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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.