Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1998, 11:05 AM EST for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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
- Mar 28, 1998, 11:05 AM EST (16:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1998, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 55 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 16:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
536 WUUS1 KCLE 281607 RRA SVRCLE OHC095-173-281700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1105 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 12:00 NOON EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN OHIO ...LUCAS COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 11:05 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FULTON AND HENRY COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA EARLIER THIS MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 9:50 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>011-017>020-027>031-036-037-047-290000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 950 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THERE WILL BE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY AS A LINE OF STORMS MAKES ITS WAY FROM NORTHERN INDIANA...EAST INTO THE BUCKEYE STATE. THE LINE WILL ENTER THE NORTHWESTERN MOST COUNTIES AFTER 10 AM. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS...HIGH WIND WILL BE THE LARGEST THREAT. ALSO HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. CORRECTED COMPUTER ERROR WHICH LEFT OUT A LINE.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 9:50 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>011-017>020-027>031-036-037-047-290000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 950 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THERE WILL BE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY AS A LINE OF STORMS MAKES ITS WAY FROM NORTHERN INDIANA...EAST INTO THE BUCKEYE STATE. THE LINE WILL ENTER THE NORTHWESTERN MOST COUNTIES AFTER 10 AM. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS...HIGH WIND WILL BE THE LARGEST THREAT. THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. TK
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 9:50 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>011-017>020-027>031-036-037-047-290000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 950 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THERE WILL BE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY AS A LINE OF STORMS MAKES ITS WAY FROM NORTHERN INDIANA...EAST INTO THE BUCKEYE STATE. THE LINE WILL ENTER THE NORTHWESTERN MOST COUNTIES AFTER 10 AM. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS...HIGH WIND WILL BE THE LARGEST THREAT. THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. TK
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 9:50 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>011-017>020-027>031-036-037-047-290000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 950 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THERE WILL BE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY AS A LINE OF STORMS MAKES ITS WAY FROM NORTHERN INDIANA...EAST INTO THE BUCKEYE STATE. THE LINE WILL ENTER THE NORTHWESTERN MOST COUNTIES AFTER 10 AM. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS...HIGH WIND WILL BE THE LARGEST THREAT. ALSO HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. CORRECTED COMPUTER ERROR WHICH LEFT OUT A LINE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 11:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 11:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 12:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 12:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 1:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.