Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1998, 12:14 PM EST for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 28, 1998, 12:14 PM EST (17:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1998, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sandusky County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 12:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Spgs, OH | Power poles and power lines were downed in Green Springs. Large limbs were downed in Lindsey. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
998 WUUS1 KCLE 281715 RRA SVRCLE OHC143-281815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1214 PM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...SANDUSKY COUNTY AT 1211 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO SANDUSKY COUNTY AT 35 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL REACH FREMONT BY 1240 PM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAPLANTE
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, 2 hours 24 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, 2 hours 24 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, 2 hours 24 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, 2 hours 24 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 55 min |
| Mar 28, 11:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 11:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 12:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 1:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.