Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1998, 7:18 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min. 4 reports 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
- Jul 19, 1998, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1998, 8:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:23 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Genoa, OH | |
| Jul 19, 7:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Graytown, OH | Several large trees, branches and power lines were downed, some on houses. |
| Jul 19, 7:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont, OH | Large limbs and power lines were downed. Trees and large branches were also downed approximately 15 miles northwest of Fremont in Woodville. |
| Jul 19, 7:35 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Woodville, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 192317 SVRCLE OHC123-143-OHZ521-200020- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 718 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OTTAWA COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO * UNTIL 820 PM EDT * AT 718 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN WOOD COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... GENOA ELMORE FREMONT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGIrNG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! & GABRIC
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 Jul 19, 3:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 308 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 TSRA EXITING FA TO THE SE ATTM BUT WARM FNT REMAINS ACROSS FA. TSRA SHOULD FIRE TO THE NW OF FA AND TRACK SEWD THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ALONG THE 850-300 MB THICKNESS LINES. ALSO...S/WV SHOWN ON WV IMAGERY HEADED FOR FA OVERNIGHT. WITH VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE...PREFER TO GO WITH HIGH CHC POPS. SVR WORDING STILL NEEDED AS SOUNDINGS STILL SUPPORT WIND AND HAIL. BY 12Z MON...THE ETA INDICATEST THAT THE AREA OF TSRA SHOULD BE DROPPING TOWARD THE OH RIVER. WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE CHC POPS IN FM DAY-CMH AND SWD. WITH H5 RIDGE BUILDING NWD TSRA WL BE WDLY SCT AT BEST MON NIGHT AND TU E SO CAN LEAVE DRY ATTM. MOS TEMPS A BIT LOW ON TUE. WILKINSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
KYZ094>100-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 353 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXITED NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE REST OF THE EVENING HOURS SHOULD BE DRY. HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BACK INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. STAY TUNED nTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. .END/WILKINSON
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
OHZ003-006>008-017-018-027-028-036-037-192225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 440 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. THE COMBINATION OF A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRIGGER A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. AT 440 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND WAS NOT SHOWING ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN INDIANA BY 6 PM AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD TOWARD OHIO. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS (GREATER THAN 58 MPH) AND/OR LARGE HAIL (3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER). GABRIC
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051-052-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 515 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS IT MOVES INTO A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER INDIANA AND OHIO. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SITES ...CORRECTED GRAMMAR...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.