Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 5:07 AM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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 29, 1998, 5:07 AM EDT (09:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 6:10 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stark County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 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 29, 5:25 AM EDT | Hail 1 | Canton, OH | Large hail (0.75") was also reported at Navarre. |
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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2035 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
747 WUUS1 KCLE 290906 RRA SVRCLE OHC151-291010- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 507 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO * UNTIL 610 AM EDT * AT 505 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF CANTON OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASSILLION MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN DALTON IN WAYNE COUNTY. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR... MASSILLION CANTON EAST CANTON MINERVA SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS DEB &
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 29, 1:01 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
101 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 SANDUSKY NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
0525 PM CHIPPEWA ON THE LAKE OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 MEDINA
0528 PM TIFFIN OH 71 MPH TSTM GUST
06/28/98 SENECA
0533 PM OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 MEDINA HAIL OCCURED IN GILFORD
TOWNSHIP.
0536 PM CASTALIA OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 ERIE
0538 PM WADSWORTH OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 MEDINA
0540 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 HURON A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN
EAST OF BELLEVUE.
0540 PM BELLEVUE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 SANDUSKY SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0550 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 WAYNE MANY LIMBS DOWN ON A HOUSE
IN NORTHEAST PART OF
COUNTY.
0605 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 ERIE TWO TO THREE FEET OF WATER
COVERING A PART OF OHIO
TURNPIKE.
0612 PM BLOOMVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 SENECA
0616 PM BREWSTER OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 STARK
0630 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 HOLMES SEVERAL TREES DOWN WEST
END OF COUNTY.
0630 PM CLYDE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 SANDUSKY MANY LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
0633 PM SYCAMORE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 WYANDOT MANY TREES DOWN.
0635 PM ELYRIA OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 LORAIN SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0636 PM PARADISE HILL OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 ASHLAND
0640 PM NAVARRE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 STARK
0645 PM MANSFIELD OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 RICHLAND MANY TREES DOWN IN AND
NEAR THE CITY.
0646 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 CRAWFORD MANY TREES DOWN IN COUNTY.
0656 PM MANSFIELD OH FLOODING
06/28/98 RICHLAND SOME ROADS FLOODED.
0700 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 SENECA HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0700 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 CRAWFORD MANY ROADS FLOODING.
0720 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 MORROW TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0730 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 CRAWFORD SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
SOUTHEAST PART OF COUNTY.
0800 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 MORROW MANY ROADS FLOODED ACROSS
THE COUNTY.
0800 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 KNOX MANY TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0800 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 MARION A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0800 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 KNOX MANY ROADS BECOMING
FLOODED.
0803 PM OH .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 TRUMBULL THE HAIL WAS ON THE WEST
SIDE OF MOSQUITO LAKE.
0805 PM UPPER SANDUSKY OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 WYANDOT COUPLE OF TREES DOWN.
0806 PM CORTLAND OH .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 TRUMBULL
0810 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 WYANDOT SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER.
0832 PM BUCYRUS OH FLOODING
06/28/98 CRAWFORD SOME BASEMENTS FLOODED.
0935 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 CRAWFORD NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED.
1000 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 KNOX MORE ROADS FLOODING.
1000 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 MORROW MORE ROADS FLOODED.Local storm report, Jun 29, 1:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
137 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 SANDUSKY NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
0525 PM CHIPPEWA ON THE LAKE OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 MEDINA
0528 PM TIFFIN OH 71 MPH TSTM GUST
06/28/98 SENECA
0533 PM OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 MEDINA HAIL OCCURED IN GILFORD
TOWNSHIP.
0536 PM CASTALIA OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 ERIE
0538 PM WADSWORTH OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 MEDINA
0540 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 HURON A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN
EAST OF BELLEVUE.
0540 PM BELLEVUE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 SANDUSKY SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0550 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 WAYNE MANY LIMBS DOWN ON A HOUSE
IN NORTHEAST PART OF
COUNTY.
0605 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 ERIE TWO TO THREE FEET OF WATER
COVERING A PART OF OHIO
TURNPIKE.
0612 PM BLOOMVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 SENECA
0616 PM BREWSTER OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 STARK
0630 PM CLYDE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 SANDUSKY MANY LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
0633 PM SYCAMORE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 WYANDOT MANY TREES DOWN.
0635 PM ELYRIA OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 LORAIN SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0636 PM PARADISE HILL OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 ASHLAND
0640 PM NAVARRE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 STARK
0645 PM MANSFIELD OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 RICHLAND MANY TREES DOWN IN AND
NEAR THE CITY.
0646 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 CRAWFORD MANY TREES DOWN IN COUNTY.
0656 PM MANSFIELD OH FLOODING
06/28/98 RICHLAND SOME ROADS FLOODED.
0700 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 SENECA HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0700 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 CRAWFORD MANY ROADS FLOODING.
0720 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 MORROW TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0730 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 HOLMES SEVERAL TREES DOWN WEST
END OF COUNTY.
0730 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 CRAWFORD SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
SOUTHEAST PART OF COUNTY.
0800 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 MORROW MANY ROADS FLOODED ACROSS
THE COUNTY.
0800 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 KNOX MANY TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0800 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 MARION A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0800 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 KNOX MANY ROADS BECOMING
FLOODED.
0803 PM OH .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 TRUMBULL THE HAIL WAS ON THE WEST
SIDE OF MOSQUITO LAKE.
0805 PM UPPER SANDUSKY OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 WYANDOT COUPLE OF TREES DOWN.
0806 PM CORTLAND OH .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/98 TRUMBULL
0810 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 WYANDOT SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER.
0832 PM BUCYRUS OH FLOODING
06/28/98 CRAWFORD SOME BASEMENTS FLOODED.
0935 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 CRAWFORD NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED.
1000 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 KNOX MORE ROADS FLOODING.
1000 PM OH FLOODING
06/28/98 MORROW MORE ROADS FLOODED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 9:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 4:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 5:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 5:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 9:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 48 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.