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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 393, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 24, 1998Stark County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 1998, 8:26 PM EDT for Stark County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 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, 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 1998, 9:25 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 24, 8:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindNavarre, OHSeveral trees were downed in the southwest 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, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 00:00Z on 1998-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 201 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 00:00Z on 1998-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 250026 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC151-153-250125-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO
  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 925 PM EDT

* AT 825 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLEVELAND SOUTH THROUGH MEDINA TO WOOSTER.

* THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL EXTEND FROM
  TWINSBURG SOUTH THROUGH AKRON AND CANTON BY 900 PM.

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

LAPLANTE

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 53 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, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Wayne63 min
Aug 24, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes63 min
Aug 24, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga62 min
Aug 25, 3:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood63 min
Aug 25, 4:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky62 min
Aug 25, 4:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron66 min
Aug 25, 4:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca66 min
Aug 25, 5:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina62 min
Aug 25, 5:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit63 min
Aug 25, 6:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne64 min
Aug 25, 6:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark66 min
Aug 25, 10:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock, Wood116 min
Aug 25, 11:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHuron, Seneca2 hr
Aug 25, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Wayne62 min
Aug 25, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit36 min
Aug 25, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit65 min
Aug 25, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion50 min
Aug 25, 2:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWayne2 hr
Aug 25, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland61 min
Aug 25, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow65 min
Aug 25, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland49 min
Aug 25, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox61 min
Aug 25, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes66 min
Aug 25, 3:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEKnox48 min
Aug 25, 3:39 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHolmes46 min
Aug 25, 3:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes2 hr
Aug 25, 3:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark, Summit93 min
Aug 25, 4:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland92 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.