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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 21, 1998Hancock County, Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1998, 10:03 PM EDT for Hancock County, Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 21, 1998, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1998, 11:05 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, OH, Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 21, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1998-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1998-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-374 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

920 
WUUS1 KCLE 220202 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC063-147-220305-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1003 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO
  SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 1105 PM EDT

* AT 959 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HOYTVILLE NORTHEAST TO NEAR FREMONT.
  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
  A STORM WITHIN THIS LINE PRODUCED A 60 MPH WIND GUST AT BOWLNG
  GREEN.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MCCOMB...FINDLAY AND TIFFIN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE
A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

&
BARJENBRUCH

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 21, 2:45 AM EDT, 19 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:45 AM EDT, 19 hours 18 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
245 AM EDT TUE JUL 21 1998

FORECAST CHALLENGE...CONVECTION POTENTIAL THROUGH PERIOD.

AT THE MOMENT...IR AND RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING BOW ECHO IN SOUTHERN
ONTARIO AND NORTHERN OH.  SYSTEM WILL STAY WELL NORTH OF CWA.  KILN
AND KIWX SHOWING SOME A SMALL CLUSTER OF TSRA BETWEEN FWA AND LIMA WHICH
ACCORDING TO LAPS DATA IS IN AN AREA OF MOISTURE CONVERGENCE.

MODELS ARE PRETTY SIMILAR WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN.  BERMUDA HIGH
BUILDS IN OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN OHIO WITH A 700 MB CAP OF 9 TO 10
DEGREES THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.  THIS WILL SUPPRESS
CONVECTION OVER MUCH OF FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN 2/3.
THE MAIN ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY IN
SOUTHERN WI/MI AND NORTHERN IL/IN/OH.  THE NORTHERN JET STREAM WILL
PROVIDE THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT.  IN FACT ALL THREE MODELS SHOW THE
WHOLE BOUNDARY LIGHTING UP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.  THE BERMUDA HIGH
BEGINS TO SLIDE SOUTHWARD ON WEDNESDAY AS STATIONARY BOUNDARY DRIFTS
SOUTH INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IL/IN/OH ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED UPPER
LEVEL SUPPORT.

FWC GUIDANCE HAS PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON POPS AND TEMPS THROUGH PERIOD.
THINK SUMMER TIME POP (30%) NORTH OF DAY AND CMH WOULD BE REASONABLE
FOR TODAY AND ISOLATED OR NO MENTION REST OF CWA.

DAY 094/072 090/072 085 114
CMH 094/073 091/071 084 214
CVG 095/073 091/071 084 114
PHM 095/071 092/072 087 114
 TIPTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga64 min
Jul 21, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake61 min
Jul 21, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit64 min
Jul 21, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina64 min
Jul 21, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull65 min
Jul 21, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca50 min
Jul 21, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron62 min
Jul 21, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning65 min
Jul 21, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood64 min
Jul 21, 9:36 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWood64 min
Jul 21, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky62 min
Jul 21, 10:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie65 min
Jul 21, 10:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain3 hr
Jul 21, 10:38 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Huron47 min
Jul 21, 10:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain62 min
Jul 21, 11:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain51 min
Jul 21, 11:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina62 min
Jul 21, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Richland62 min
Jul 21, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne62 min
Jul 21, 11:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit60 min
Jul 22, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.