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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 24, 1998Knox County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1998, 7:16 PM EDT for Knox County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1998, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1998, 8:20 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Knox County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 1998-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 1998-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

257 
WUUS1 KCLE 242319 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC083-250020-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
716 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 820 PM EDT

* AT 713 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT VERNON MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDESTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  MOUNT VERNON
  HOWARD
  PIPESVILLE
  DANVILLE


.THIS STORM PRODUCED DIME SIZED HAIL ACROSS CENTRAL MORROW COUNTY.

.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

.WOODWORTH

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion47 min
May 24, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMarion35 min
May 24, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow60 min
May 24, 7:03 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMorrow47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.