Severe Thunderstorm Warning 373, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Aug 24, 1998, 8:43 AM EDT (12:43 UTC)

Expired

Aug 24, 1998, 9:30 AM EDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:44 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.

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.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 241243 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC093-103-241330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
843 AM EDT MON AUG 24 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO
  MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 842 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF MEDINA OR 3 MILES NORTH OF
  SPENCER MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  SPENCER
  LITCHFIELD
  MEDINA
  SEVILLE
  WADSWORTH

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

In the hours before

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-251000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
440 AM EDT MON AUG 24 1998

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA COULD BECOME SEVERE TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA WILL BE IN A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. WEATHER SYSTEMS IN THIS WILL
TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT.

KIELTYKA

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-251000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
440 AM EDT MON AUG 24 1998

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA COULD BECOME SEVERE TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA WILL BE IN A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. WEATHER SYSTEMS IN THIS WILL
TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT.

KIELTYKA

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.