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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 28, 1998Erie County, Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1998, 5:09 PM EDT for Erie County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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 28, 1998, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1998, 6:10 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Erie County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 28, 5:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, OHNumerous trees and power lines were downed, especially in the area of Bellevue. Some trees were downed on structures and automobiles.
Jun 28, 5:36 PM EDTHail 1Castalia, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1998-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 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 1998-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-269 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

096 
WUUS1 KCLE 282108 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC043-143-OHZ522-282210-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
509 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 610 PM EDT

* AT 507 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR VICKERY SOUTHWEST TO THE VICINITY OF
  BURGOON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NEAR CLYDE...PARKERTOWN AND
  BLOOMINGVILLE AND MILAN BY 545 PM.

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

MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Richland51 min
Jun 27, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow32 min
Jun 27, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox61 min
Jun 27, 9:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow61 min
Jun 27, 10:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox3 hr
Jun 28, 1:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox3 hr
Jun 28, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca64 min
Jun 28, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron65 min
Jun 28, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina65 min
Jun 28, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark63 min
Jun 28, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa65 min
Jun 28, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne47 min
Jun 28, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit48 min
Jun 28, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca50 min
Jun 28, 5:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESeneca2 hr
Jun 28, 6:05 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark50 min
Jun 28, 6:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie2 hr
Jun 28, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland64 min
Jun 28, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain66 min
Jun 28, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford49 min
Jun 28, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot63 min
Jun 28, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky35 min
Jun 28, 6:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark2 hr
Jun 28, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland62 min
Jun 28, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina65 min
Jun 28, 6:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Richland2 hr
Jun 28, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford48 min
Jun 28, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes66 min
Jun 28, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow64 min
Jun 28, 7:13 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Holmes52 min
Jun 28, 7:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMorrow2 hr
Jun 28, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox63 min
Jun 28, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot62 min
Jun 28, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion66 min
Jun 28, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage64 min
Jun 28, 7:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox2 hr
Jun 28, 7:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Wyandot2 hr

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.