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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 374, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 24, 1998Ashland County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 1998, 8:52 AM EDT for Ashland County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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
Aug 24, 1998, 8:52 AM EDT (12:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 1998, 9:40 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashland County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:55 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 24, 9:00 AM EDTThunderstorm WindLoudonville, OHSevere thunderstorm winds downed trees, destroyed one garage and blew the roof off a barn. Another barn was blown down, killing some of the livestock inside. Crops were damaged.
Aug 24, 9:15 AM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, OHTrees were downed, mainly in the northern portion of the county.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 24, 5:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1171 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 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
1171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
7.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 241252 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC005-169-241340-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 940 AM EDT

* AT 852 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LITCHFIELD TO NORTH OF
  MANSFIELD WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ASHLAND
  WEST SALEM
  CONGRESS
  RITTMAN
  WOOSTER

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

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, Aug 24, 4:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 4:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 6:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood63 min
Aug 24, 7:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky62 min
Aug 24, 7:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood47 min
Aug 24, 7:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca63 min
Aug 24, 7:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake47 min
Aug 24, 8:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula63 min
Aug 24, 8:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland66 min
Aug 24, 8:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina47 min
Aug 24, 9:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot49 min
Aug 24, 9:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit65 min
Aug 24, 9:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Knox48 min
Aug 24, 2:23 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne47 min
Aug 24, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes65 min
Aug 24, 2:54 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHolmes46 min
Aug 24, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark63 min
Aug 24, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes66 min
Aug 24, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Lucas, Wood62 min
Aug 24, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Seneca63 min
Aug 24, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot63 min
Aug 24, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion63 min
Aug 24, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron64 min
Aug 24, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow, Richland64 min
Aug 24, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain61 min
Aug 24, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.