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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 31, 1998Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 3:47 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 min. 6 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, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1998, 4:50 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 3:50 PM EDTHail 0.88Wickliffe, OH
May 31, 3:54 PM EDTHail 0.88Euclid, OH
May 31, 4:00 PM EDTHail 1Richmond Hgts, OH
May 31, 4:00 PM EDTHail 0.75Chesterland, OH
May 31, 4:05 PM EDTHail 0.75Kirtland, OH
May 31, 4:05 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52Painesville, OHA wind gust was estimated at 60 miles per hour.

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 31, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 1998-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1035 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 1998-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

731 
WUUS1 KCLE 311948 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC035-055-085-OHZ524-525-312050-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
347 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT WATERS IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO
  GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO
  LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT WATERS IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 450 PM EDT

* AT 346 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND OR IN THE
  VICINITY OF EUCLID MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  EUCLID
  WICKLIFFE
  CHESTERLAND
  CHARDON

.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, 11:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 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   LAKE
Local storm report, May 31, 12:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 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

WOODWORTH
Local storm report, May 31, 12:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 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

WOODWORTH
Local storm report, May 31, 12:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 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   CRAWFORD
Local storm report, May 31, 12:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 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   ERIE
Local storm report, May 31, 12:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 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   CRAWFORD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 10:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky50 min
May 31, 10:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa48 min
May 31, 10:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie49 min
May 31, 11:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lake47 min
May 31, 11:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga50 min
May 31, 11:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula49 min
May 31, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood58 min
May 31, 2:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWood59 min
May 31, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca60 min
May 31, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock65 min
May 31, 3:52 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake63 min
May 31, 3:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula31 min
May 31, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot63 min
May 31, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca50 min
May 31, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula50 min
May 31, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron63 min
May 31, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox64 min
May 31, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain65 min
May 31, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie65 min
May 31, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga63 min
May 31, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula63 min
May 31, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes49 min
May 31, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga61 min
May 31, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit50 min
May 31, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull62 min
May 31, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark33 min
May 31, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain60 min
May 31, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake49 min
May 31, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion62 min
May 31, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow61 min
May 31, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Richland62 min
May 31, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes65 min
May 31, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion35 min
May 31, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow46 min

Nearby

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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.