Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1998, 7:48 PM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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 16, 1998, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1998, 8:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huron County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwalk, OH | Four trees were downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
307 WUUS1 KCLE 162349 RRA SVRCLE OHC077-170050- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 748 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO * UNTIL 850 PM EDT * AT 746 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORWALK OR IN THE VICINITY OF CENTERTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME COMMUNITIES OR LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... CENTERTON... WILLARD... NORTH FAIRFIELD AND WAKEMAN. .SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS .WSF
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 16, 2:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
OHZ036-037-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 258 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 8 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THESE SEVERE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER AND WINDS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY DURING THUNDERSTORMS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:59 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
OHZ036-037-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 259 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THESE SEVERE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER AND WINDS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY DURING THUNDERSTORMS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER CORRECTED TO CHANGE EXPIRATION TIME TO 9 PM. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
OHZ036-037-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 306 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER CORRECTED TO CHANGE WORDING TO A TORNADO WATCH. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
OHZ036-037-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 306 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER CORRECTED TO CHANGE WORDING TO A TORNADO WATCH. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
OHZ036-037-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 308 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
OHZ036-037-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 308 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. ADAMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 47 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.