Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 11:28 AM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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 29, 1998, 11:28 AM EDT (15:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 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 15:30 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 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
- 624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
886 WUUS1 KCLE 291527 RRA SVRCLE OHC151-291600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1128 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 1200 PM EDT * AT 1127 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF CANTON OR 2 MILES WEST OF EAST CANTON MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR... EAST CANTON LOUISVILLE MINERVA GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
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
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-301200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 625 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT OVER MICHIGAN AND INDIANIA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND THROUGH OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS STILL LOADED WITH MOISTURE AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE COMMON. THEY WILL FREQUENTLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL SOUTH AND WEST OF A CLEVELAND TO STEUBENVILLE LINE. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR THE REST OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT LINE. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-301200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 625 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT OVER MICHIGAN AND INDIANIA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND THROUGH OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS STILL LOADED WITH MOISTURE AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE COMMON. THEY WILL FREQUENTLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL SOUTH AND WEST OF A CLEVELAND TO STEUBENVILLE LINE. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR THE REST OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT LINE. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 6:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
630 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 AM OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98 ASHLAND DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
MCCAY
0505 AM DALTON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/29/98 WAYNE
0506 AM KIDRON OH 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98 WAYNE HAIL OCCURRED 2 MILES EAST
OF KIDRON
0510 AM BETTSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98 SENECA TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 12
0510 AM BETTSVILLE OH 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98 SENECA
0525 AM NAVARRE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98 STARK
0532 AM EAST CANTON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/29/98 STARK
0558 AM MONROEVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98 HURON POWER LINES BLOWN DOWNLocal storm report, Jun 29, 6:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
630 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 AM OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98 ASHLAND DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
MCCAY
0505 AM DALTON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/29/98 WAYNE
0506 AM KIDRON OH 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98 WAYNE HAIL OCCURRED 2 MILES EAST
OF KIDRON
0510 AM BETTSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98 SENECA TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 12
0510 AM BETTSVILLE OH 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98 SENECA
0525 AM NAVARRE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98 STARK
0532 AM EAST CANTON OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/29/98 STARK
0558 AM MONROEVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98 HURON POWER LINES BLOWN DOWNThe 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, 5:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 63 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.