Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 406, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 25, 1998Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1998, 2:15 PM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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 25, 1998, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1998, 3:05 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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 25, 2:45 PM EDTTornado F0Marion, OHA weak tornado touched down about four miles west of Marion and remained on the ground for a short time. A garage and two barns were destroyed and a large shed was badly damaged. Numerous trees and power lines were downed and some minor damage occurred to se
Aug 25, 2:50 PM EDTHail 2.5Marion, OHSome crops were damaged.

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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 1998-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 369 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 1998-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-244 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1371 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 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 251815 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC101-251905-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
215 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 305 PM EDT

* AT 214 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UPPER SANDUSKY OR 11 MILES
  WEST OF MEEKER MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  MARION
  KIRKPATRICK
  CALEDONIA

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

Local storm report, Aug 25, 8:19 AM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
819 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

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

0423 AM    HOLLAND                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   LUCAS                          TWO TREES DOWN.

0430 AM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   WOOD                           SOME TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY.

0450 AM    FREMONT                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   SANDUSKY                       MANY TREES DOWN.

0505 AM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   HURON                          MANY TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY.

0510 AM    WAKEMAN                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   HURON                          A FEW TREES DOWN.

0518 AM    KIPTON                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   LORAIN                         SOME TREES DOWN.

0530 AM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   ERIE                           SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          THE COUNTY.

0600 AM    WELLINGTON                OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   LORAIN                         SOME TREES AND LIMBS DOWN
                                          IN AND NEAR THE CITY.

0814 AM    MEDINA                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   MEDINA                         TWO TREES AND SOME
                                          POWERLINES DOWN.
Local storm report, Aug 25, 8:19 AM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
819 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

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

0423 AM    HOLLAND                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   LUCAS                          TWO TREES DOWN.

0430 AM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   WOOD                           SOME TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY.

0450 AM    FREMONT                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   SANDUSKY                       MANY TREES DOWN.

0505 AM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   HURON                          MANY TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY.

0510 AM    WAKEMAN                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   HURON                          A FEW TREES DOWN.

0518 AM    KIPTON                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   LORAIN                         SOME TREES DOWN.

0530 AM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   ERIE                           SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          THE COUNTY.

0600 AM    WELLINGTON                OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   LORAIN                         SOME TREES AND LIMBS DOWN
                                          IN AND NEAR THE CITY.

0814 AM    MEDINA                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   MEDINA                         TWO TREES AND SOME
                                          POWERLINES DOWN.
Local storm report, Aug 25, 8:37 AM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
837 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

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

0615 AM    WOOSTER                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   WAYNE                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR
                                          WOOSTER.

0630 AM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   SUMMIT                         MANY LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
Local storm report, Aug 25, 9:34 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
934 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

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

0745 PM    BUCYRUS                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/98   CRAWFORD                       TREE AND ROAD SIGNS DOWN

0800 PM    OBERLIN                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/98   LORAIN                         POWER LINE DOWN

0820 PM    MEDINA                    OH   .75 INCH HAIL
08/24/98   MEDINA

0822 PM    CAMDEN                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/98   LORAIN                         POWER LINE DOWN

0840 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/98   STjARK                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
                                          SOUTHWEST PART OF COUNTY

LAPLANTE
Local storm report, Aug 25, 9:34 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
934 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

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

0745 PM    BUCYRUS                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/98   CRAWFORD                       TREE AND ROAD SIGNS DOWN

0800 PM    OBERLIN                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/98   LORAIN                         POWER LINE DOWN

0820 PM    MEDINA                    OH   .75 INCH HAIL
08/24/98   MEDINA

0822 PM    CAMDEN                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/98   LORAIN                         POWER LINE DOWN

0840 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/98   STjARK                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
                                          SOUTHWEST PART OF COUNTY

LAPLANTE

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 24, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit59 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, 2:35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.