Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 28, 1998Sandusky County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 28, 12:30 PM ESTThunderstorm WindGreen Spgs, OHPower 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1998-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1998-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 11:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood55 min
Mar 28, 11:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock58 min
Mar 28, 11:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa65 min
Mar 28, 12:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca62 min
Mar 28, 1:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron66 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.