Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1998, 12:16 PM EDT for Huron County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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 30, 1998, 12:16 PM EDT (16:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1998, 1:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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 30, 12:29 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton, OH | Trees were also downed in Wellington. |
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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.3
- Supercell composite
- -2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
788 WUUS1 KCLE 301615 RRA SVRCLE OHC077-093-301720- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1216 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO * UNTIL 120 PM EDT * AT 1214 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WAKEMAN AND SOUTH OF NORWALK. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...PITTSFIELD...LAGRANGE... WELLINGTON AND CLARKSFIELD. 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.
NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 30, 3:03 AM EDT, 9 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 3:03 AM EDT, 9 hours 13 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 303 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 05Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED A CDFNT EXTENDING FM LHUR SW INTO SERN WI AND ERN IA. SCT TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE LAST FEW HRS ALONG THIS FEATURE WITH THE HELP OF AN ASSOCIATED H5 VORT MAX SEEN ON THE WV IMAGERY. TSRA HAS MOVD S AND E OF FA ATTM. BY 12Z MODELS SHOW A 950 MB JET AIMED IN WRN FA WITH DECENT MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND H8 THTE ADVECTION. HIGH PRECIP EFFICIENCY VALUES WHICH MATCHED WELL WITH THE ONGOING ACTIVITY AT 06Z...ARE PROGD TO MOVE BACK N INTO FA IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING CDFNT AND H5 VORT. THUS...IT SEEMS REASONABLE THAT TSRA WL DEVELOP BACK INTO FA AROUND 12Z. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE IN A SCATTERED NATURE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WITH AN EASTWARD TREND IN THE BACK EDGE OF THE TSRA. MODELS SHOW AN H8 THTE RIDGE INTO SRN FA AND THE PRESENCE OF DRY AIR AROUND 500 MB. WITH STRONG MID LVL WINDS AND WETBULB ZERO VALUES IN THE 9-10KFT RANGE...SVR TSRA ARE POSSIBLE. SUGGEST USING SVR WORKING SE OF CVG TO CMH. A FEW SPOTS COULD RECIEVE HEAVY RAINFALL BUT NOT WORTHY OF EXTENDING THE FLOOD WATCH INTO TODAY. TSRA SHOULD BE OVER BY TONIGHT LEAVING FA WITH ITS FIRST DRY NIGHT IN A WHILE TONIGHT. DRY AND COOLER ON WED. FOR THE 4TH...LOOKS LIKE CHC OF TSRA WITH TEMPS AROUND THE MID 80S. CVG 83/61/81 500 DAY 83/60/80 400 CMH 83/60/80 600 PMH 84/62/81 600 WILKINSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-011200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 640 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...EAST OF A LINE FROM ASHTABULA TO AKRON TO MT VERNON. A COLD FRONT OVER MICHIGAN AND INDIANA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND THROUGH OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. WITH THE FRONT PUSHING INTO A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. IF STORMS DO DEVELOP...THEY MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL...IN ADDITION TO BRIEF BUT STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SEM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 10:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 11:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Sandusky | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 1:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 2:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 3:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit, Wayne | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 66 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.