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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 388, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 24, 1998Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 1998, 7:39 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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
Aug 24, 1998, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 1998, 8:40 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lorain County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 24, 8:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCentral Portion, OHTrees and power lines were downed in Oberlin and Camden.

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, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 12:00Z on 1998-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1878 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1998-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1878 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

125 
WUUS1 KCLE 242338 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC093-250040-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 840 PM EDT

* AT 737 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES MOVING
  INTO LORAIN COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LORAIN
  ELYRIA
  WELLINGTON

DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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

Local storm report, Aug 24, 3:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
333 PM EDT MON AUG 24 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0900 AM    HOMERVILLE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/98   MEDINA                         GARAGE ROOF BLOWN OFF

0300 PM    MT HOPE                   OH   .75 INCH HAIL
08/24/98   HOLMES

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, 8:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne48 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, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox62 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.