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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 31, 1998Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 4:07 PM EDT for Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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: May 31, 1998, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1998, 5:10 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Wyandot County, OH

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

866 
WUUS1 KCLE 312008 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC175-312110-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 510 PM EDT

* AT 405 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF UPPER SANDUSKY OR 7 MILES
  WEST OF MCCUTCHENVILLE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  MCCUTCHENVILLE
  SYCAMORE

.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, 12:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 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 38 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 25 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, 3 hours 9 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

Local storm report, May 31, 3:58 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
358 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0349 PM    FINDLAY                   OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   HANCOCK

0353 PM    EUCLID                    OH   .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CUYAHOGA

0355 PM    WICKLIFFE                 OH   .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   LAKE

Local storm report, May 31, 3:58 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
358 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0349 PM    FINDLAY                   OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   HANCOCK

0353 PM    EUCLID                    OH   .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CUYAHOGA

0355 PM    WICKLIFFE                 OH   .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   LAKE

The 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, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca	60 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, 4:20 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.