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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 409, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 25, 1998Ashland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1998, 3:06 PM EDT for Ashland County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1998, 3:55 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Ashland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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, 3:10 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, OHTrees were downed, mainly in the southern portion of the county.
Aug 25, 3:10 PM EDTHail 2Ashland, OHLarge hail fell six miles south of the city of Ashland. 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 1998-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1153 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 1998-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 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
1153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 251906 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC005-251955-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 355 PM EDT

* AT 305 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ASHLAND OR 4 MILES WEST OF
  HAYESVILLE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF
  LARGE HAIL TO TENNIS BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  HAYESVILLE
  JEROMESVILLE
  LAKE FORK

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, 9:34 AM EDT, 5 hours 32 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, 5 hours 32 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, 2:26 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
226 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

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

1125 AM                              OH   FLOODING
08/25/98   WOOD                           STREET FLOODING WESTON,
                                          NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS
                                          FLOODED

1130 AM                              OH   FLOODING
08/25/98   HANCOCK                        ROADS FLOODED IN NORTHERN
                                          PORTION OF COUNTY

1145 AM    ATTICA                    OH   FLOODING
08/25/98   SENECA                         STREET FLOODING AND
                                          BASEMENT FLODDING

1215 PM                              OH   FLOODING
08/25/98   HURON                          NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED
                                          THROUGHOUT COUNTY, SOME
                                          BASEMENT FLOODING

0100 PM    RITTMAN                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/25/98   WAYNE                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0125 PM    CLINTON                   OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/25/98   SUMMIT

0133 PM    ALLIANCE                  OH   1 INCH HAIL
08/25/98   STARK
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 3:00 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
OHZ027>029-036>038-047-251945-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
300 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MARION COUNTY PRODUCED HAIL THE SIZE OF
TENNIS BALLS NEAR MARION. ALSO...DAMAGING WINDS KNOCKED DOWN
NUMEROUS TREES. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE
INTO MORROW COUNTY.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
FLOODING OF ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS IS LIKELY.

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

GABRIC

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, 2:15 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, 3:09 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.