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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 8, 1998Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 8:33 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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
Apr 8, 1998, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1998, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Portage County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 8, 8:45 PM EDTHail 0.75Garrettsville, 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 nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1998-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1998-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

897 
WUUS1 KCLE 090035 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC133-090100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
833 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS EXTENDED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...PORTAGE COUNTY
 
AT 830 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIRAM. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LARGE HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED
WITH THESE STORMS.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DONT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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, Apr 8, 5:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
OHZ027>032-036>038-047-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
551 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WYANDOT...MARION...MORROW
...CRAWFORD...RICHLAND...ASHLAND...WAYNE...STARK...KNOX AND HOLMES
COUNTIES IN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS MOVED NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA.

ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 5:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
OHZ027>032-036>038-047-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
551 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WYANDOT...MARION...MORROW
...CRAWFORD...RICHLAND...ASHLAND...WAYNE...STARK...KNOX AND HOLMES
COUNTIES IN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS MOVED NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA.

ADAMS
Local storm report, Apr 8, 7:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
706 PM EDT WED APR 08 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0140 PM    HESSVILLE                 OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SANDUSKY

0156 PM    FREMONT                   OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SANDUSKY

0200 PM    FREMONT                   OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SANDUSKY

0235 PM    SANDUSKY                  OH   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   ERIE

0300 PM    SANDUSKY GRIFFING ARPT    OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   ERIE

0315 PM    LAKEWOOD                  OH   .88 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CUYAHOGA

0327 PM    CLEVELAND                 OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CUYAHOGA

0330 PM    MACEDONIA                 OH   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SUMMIT

0335 PM    SOLON                     OH   .88 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CUYAHOGA

0340 PM                              OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CUYAHOGA                        HAIL WAS IN CLEVELAND HTS.

0342 PM                              OH   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CUYAHOGA                        HAIL WAS IN CLEVELAND HTS.

0352 PM    WAYNESBURG                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   STARK
0400 PM                              OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   GEAUGA                         HAIL WAS IN CHESTER
                                          TOWNSHIP.

0400 PM    SHELBY                    OH   .88 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   RICHLAND

0405 PM    CANTON                    OH   .88 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   STARK

0410 PM    BURTON                    OH   TORNADO
04/08/98   GEAUGA                         POSSIBLE TORNADO IN BURTON
                                          TOWNSHIP.

0419 PM    WADSWORTH                 OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   MEDINA

0430 PM    COPLEY                    OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SUMMIT

0434 PM    DOYLESTOWN                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   WAYNE

0446 PM    CUYAHOGA FALLS            OH   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SUMMIT

0500 PM    BRACEVILLE                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   TRUMBULL
Local storm report, Apr 8, 7:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
706 PM EDT WED APR 08 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0140 PM    HESSVILLE                 OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SANDUSKY

0156 PM    FREMONT                   OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SANDUSKY

0200 PM    FREMONT                   OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SANDUSKY

0235 PM    SANDUSKY                  OH   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   ERIE

0300 PM    SANDUSKY GRIFFING ARPT    OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   ERIE

0315 PM    LAKEWOOD                  OH   .88 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CUYAHOGA

0327 PM    CLEVELAND                 OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CUYAHOGA

0330 PM    MACEDONIA                 OH   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SUMMIT

0335 PM    SOLON                     OH   .88 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CUYAHOGA

0340 PM                              OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CUYAHOGA                        HAIL WAS IN CLEVELAND HTS.

0342 PM                              OH   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CUYAHOGA                        HAIL WAS IN CLEVELAND HTS.

0352 PM    WAYNESBURG                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   STARK
0400 PM                              OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   GEAUGA                         HAIL WAS IN CHESTER
                                          TOWNSHIP.

0400 PM    SHELBY                    OH   .88 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   RICHLAND

0405 PM    CANTON                    OH   .88 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   STARK

0410 PM    BURTON                    OH   TORNADO
04/08/98   GEAUGA                         POSSIBLE TORNADO IN BURTON
                                          TOWNSHIP.

0419 PM    WADSWORTH                 OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   MEDINA

0430 PM    COPLEY                    OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SUMMIT

0434 PM    DOYLESTOWN                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   WAYNE

0446 PM    CUYAHOGA FALLS            OH   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SUMMIT

0500 PM    BRACEVILLE                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   TRUMBULL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull51 min
Apr 8, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford48 min
Apr 8, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland52 min
Apr 8, 11:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina46 min
Apr 9, 9:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHuron, Richland3 hr
Apr 9, 11:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula2 hr
Apr 9, 1:38 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit52 min
Apr 9, 1:54 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain51 min
Apr 9, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga57 min
Apr 9, 2:21 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage54 min
Apr 9, 3:24 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull51 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.