Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 406, NWS Cleveland, OH
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Marion, OH | A 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 EDT | Hail 2.5 | Marion, OH | Some 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.
- 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
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
LAPLANTELocal 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
LAPLANTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Wayne | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 3:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 4:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 4:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 4:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 5:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 5:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 6:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 64 min |
| Aug 25, 6:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 10:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 116 min |
| Aug 25, 11:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 36 min |
| Aug 25, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 65 min |
| Aug 25, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Wayne | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 65 min |
| Aug 25, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 3:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 93 min |
| Aug 25, 4:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland | 92 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.