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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 453, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 6, 1998Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 6, 1998, 11:09 PM EST for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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
Dec 6, 1998, 11:09 PM EST (04:09 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 1998, 11:45 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, OH

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 6, 10:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 1998-12-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 00:00Z on 1998-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 397 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
397 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
409 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.

626 
WUUS1 KCLE 070411 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC063-095-173-070445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1109 PM EST SUN DEC 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 PM EST

* AT 1056 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WAUSEON TO OTTAWA MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO TOLEDO... BOWLING GREEN AND FINDLAY
  BETWEEN 1130PM AND MIDNIGHT.

  THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. GO INSIDE A STURDY
  BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 11:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood36 min
Dec 6, 11:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca, Wyandot32 min
Dec 6, 11:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa32 min
Dec 6, 11:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion49 min
Dec 6, 11:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron49 min
Dec 7, 12:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow, Richland48 min
Dec 7, 12:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Lorain48 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.