Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 11:29 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 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
- Apr 8, 1998, 11:29 PM EDT (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1998, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Medina County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
966 WUUS1 KCLE 090332 RRA SVRCLE OHC103-090415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1129 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...MEDINA COUNTY AT 1130 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITCHFIELD. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS BRUNSWICK AND HINCKLEY. LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 5:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 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, 5 hours 38 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, 4 hours 23 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 TRUMBULLLocal storm report, Apr 8, 7:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 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 TRUMBULLLocal storm report, Apr 8, 8:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
858 PM EDT WED APR 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM ASHLAND OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 ASHLAND
0735 PM HINCKLEY OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 MEDINA
0750 PM RICHFIELD OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 SUMMIT
0800 PM GARRETTSVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 PORTAGE
0810 PM NILES OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 TRUMBULL
0826 PM WARREN OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 TRUMBULL
0845 PM GARRETTSVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 PORTAGELocal storm report, Apr 8, 8:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
858 PM EDT WED APR 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM ASHLAND OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 ASHLAND
0735 PM HINCKLEY OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 MEDINA
0750 PM RICHFIELD OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 SUMMIT
0800 PM GARRETTSVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 PORTAGE
0810 PM NILES OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 TRUMBULL
0826 PM WARREN OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 TRUMBULL
0845 PM GARRETTSVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 PORTAGEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 9:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Huron, Richland | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 2 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 1:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 57 min |
| Apr 9, 2:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 51 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.