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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 359, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 10, 1998Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1998, 3:51 PM EDT for Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 10, 1998, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 1998, 4:40 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 870 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 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.

292 
WUUS1 KCLE 101952 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC005-139-102040-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
351 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 440 PM EDT

* AT 349 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND OR 8 MILES WEST OF
  RUGGLES MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  RUGGLES
  ASHLAND
  NANKIN

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE
A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull3 hr
Aug 10, 10:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake3 hr
Aug 10, 10:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina, Summit3 hr
Aug 10, 7:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock2 hr

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.