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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 10, 1998Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 1:10 PM EST for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min. 4 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
Nov 10, 1998, 1:10 PM EST (18:10 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 2:10 PM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 1:30 PM ESTThunderstorm WindSylvania, OHTrees, limbs and power lines were downed.
Nov 10, 1:38 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 55Toledo, OHTrees, limbs and power lines were downed.. A 63 mile per hour wind gust was recorded at Toledo Express Airport.
Nov 10, 1:45 PM ESTThunderstorm WindBowling Green, OHPower poles were downed.
Nov 10, 1:55 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 60Weston, OHA 69 mile per hour wind gust was reported.

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
Nov 10, 11:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 499 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
499 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
524 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

904 
WUUS1 KCLE 101812 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC095-173-101910-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
110 PM EST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 210 PM EST

* AT 104 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WAUSEON SOUTH TO NEAR OTTAWA.  THE LINE
  IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NEAR...
  TOLEDO...
  BOWLING GREEN...
  NORTH BALTIMORE...

DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
$$
 RINGO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 1:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock60 min
Nov 10, 2:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky60 min
Nov 10, 2:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca, Wyandot62 min
Nov 10, 2:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion65 min
Nov 10, 3:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron63 min
Nov 10, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford61 min
Nov 10, 3:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow62 min
Nov 10, 3:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland64 min
Nov 10, 3:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Lorain55 min
Nov 10, 4:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox63 min
Nov 10, 4:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina62 min
Nov 10, 4:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne62 min
Nov 10, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Summit80 min
Nov 10, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake80 min
Nov 10, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark60 min
Nov 10, 5:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull78 min
Nov 10, 5:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula78 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.