Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 3:15 PM EDT for Sandusky County, Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 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, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Fostoria, OH | Several large limbs were downed. |
| May 31, 4:14 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | New Riegel, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
563 WUUS1 KCLE 311916 RRA SVRCLE OHC143-147-312015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 315 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 314 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF FREMONT OR 5 MILES WEST OF GIBSONBURG MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR... GIBSONBURG FREMONT CLYDE FOSTORIA SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS .DEB
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, 11:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 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, 3 hours 15 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, 3 hours 15 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, 12:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1229 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1228 PM SPRINGBORO PA 1 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 CRAWFORDLocal storm report, May 31, 12:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1242 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1239 PM EDINBORO PA 1 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ERIELocal storm report, May 31, 12:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
1258 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1255 PM CAMBRIDGE SPGS PA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 CRAWFORDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 50 min |
| May 31, 10:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 48 min |
| May 31, 10:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 49 min |
| May 31, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lake | 47 min |
| May 31, 11:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 50 min |
| May 31, 11:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 49 min |
| May 31, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 58 min |
| May 31, 2:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wood | 59 min |
| May 31, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 65 min |
| May 31, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 63 min |
| May 31, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 63 min |
| May 31, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 31 min |
| May 31, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 63 min |
| May 31, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 50 min |
| May 31, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 50 min |
| May 31, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 63 min |
| May 31, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 64 min |
| May 31, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 65 min |
| May 31, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 65 min |
| May 31, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 63 min |
| May 31, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 63 min |
| May 31, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 49 min |
| May 31, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 61 min |
| May 31, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 50 min |
| May 31, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Trumbull | 62 min |
| May 31, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 33 min |
| May 31, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain | 60 min |
| May 31, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 49 min |
| May 31, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 62 min |
| May 31, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 61 min |
| May 31, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Richland | 62 min |
| May 31, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 65 min |
| May 31, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 35 min |
| May 31, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 46 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.