Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 29, 1998Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 2:40 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 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
May 29, 1998, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1998, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Stark County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 3:00 PM EDTHail 0.75Canton, OH

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
May 29, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1998-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 182 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 1998-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 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.

233 
WUUS1 KCLE 291841 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC151-291945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
240 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 238 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANTON OR 4 MILES WEST OF
  NORTH CANTON MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  GREENTOWN
  NORTH CANTON
  LOUISVILLE
  ALLIANCE

.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
May 29, 4:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood30 min
May 29, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox46 min
May 29, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning48 min
May 29, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland46 min
May 29, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne62 min
May 29, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark66 min
May 29, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox61 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.