Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 12:12 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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 31, 1998, 12:12 PM EDT (16:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 12:28 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Springboro, PA | Large hail covered the ground. |
| May 31, 12:55 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Cambridge Spgs, PA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1035 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
669 WUUS1 KCLE 311613 RRA SVRCLE PAC039-311700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1212 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY PA IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 100 PM EDT * AT 1211 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF JEFFERSON OR 3 MILES WEST OF BEAVER CENTER MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR... BEAVER CENTER CONNEAUTVILLE SAEGERTOWN CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS CENTERVILLE SPARTANSBURG .SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
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
Local storm report, May 31, 10:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1043 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1025 AM SANDUSKY OH 1 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ERIELocal storm report, May 31, 11:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1105 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1025 AM PORT CLINTON OH 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 OTTAWA TREES DOWN
WOODWORTHLocal storm report, May 31, 11:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1105 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1025 AM PORT CLINTON OH 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 OTTAWA TREES DOWN
WOODWORTHLocal storm report, May 31, 11:45 AM EDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1145 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1125 AM WILLOUGHBY OH .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 LAKELocal storm report, May 31, 12:00 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1200 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1150 AM MADISON OH .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 LAKE
WOODWORTHLocal storm report, May 31, 12:00 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1200 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1150 AM MADISON OH .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 LAKE
WOODWORTHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 46 min |
| May 31, 12:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 49 min |
| May 31, 12:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford | 50 min |
| May 31, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 64 min |
| May 31, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie | 48 min |
| May 31, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 63 min |
| May 31, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.