Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 458, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 7, 1998, 12:27 AM EST for Knox County, Morrow County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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
- Dec 7, 1998, 12:27 AM EST (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 1998, 1:15 AM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Knox County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Richland County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 1:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Central Portion, OH | Trees were downed near the towns of Lucas and Ontario. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 12:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
959 WUUS1 KCLE 070529 RRA SVRCLE OHC005-083-093-117-139-070615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1227 AM EST MON DEC 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO KNOX COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO * UNTIL 115 AM EST * NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SANDUSKY TO BELLEVUE TO TIFFIN AT 1225 AM EST. * THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR LORAIN MANSFIELD MOUNT GILEAD MOUNT VERNON THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS $$ MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 11:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 36 min |
| Dec 6, 11:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 36 min |
| Dec 6, 11:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot | 32 min |
| Dec 6, 11:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 32 min |
| Dec 6, 11:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion | 49 min |
| Dec 6, 11:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 49 min |
| Dec 7, 12:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Lorain | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.