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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 28, 1998Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1998, 11:47 AM EST for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 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, 11:47 AM EST (16:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1998, 12:45 PM EST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 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 12:00Z on 1998-03-28Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 479 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
479 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
573 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.

792 
WUUS1 KCLE 281649 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC063-281745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1147 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...HANCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 11:45 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST HANCOCK COUNTY. THE LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS
THE COUNTY...REACHING FINDLAY BY 12:30 PM. HIGH WIND WITH GUSTS OVER
60 MPH HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE IN NORTHWEST OHIO.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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 57 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 57 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 57 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 57 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 11:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood55 min
Mar 28, 11:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa65 min
Mar 28, 12:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky61 min
Mar 28, 12:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca62 min
Mar 28, 1:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron66 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.