Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jun 30, 1998, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)

Expired

Jun 30, 1998, 3:15 PM EDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Ottawa County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS1 KCLE 301826 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC123-OHZ521-301915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
227 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 226 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES EAST OF TOLEDO OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LIMESTONE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  ROCKY RIDGE
  OAK HARBOR
  PORT CLINTON

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

RINGO

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 30, 3:03 AM EDT, 11 hours 24 minutes earlier.

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.