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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 31, 1998Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 5:32 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 min. 5 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, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1998, 6:35 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Erie County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 5:44 PM EDTHail 0.75Kelloggsville, OH
May 31, 5:44 PM EDTHail 0.75Austinburg, OH
May 31, 5:49 PM EDTHail 0.75Ashtabula, OH
May 31, 5:52 PM EDTHail 0.75Pierpont, OH
May 31, 5:58 PM EDTThunderstorm WindGirard, PATrees were downed.

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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.

549 
WUUS1 KCLE 312134 RRA
SVRCLE
LEZ530-OHC007-OHZ526-PAC049-PAZ520-312235-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ASHTABULA COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT WATERS IN NORTHEASTERN
  OHIO
  ERIE COUNTY PA INCLUDING ADJACENT WATERS IN NORTHWESTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 635 PM EDT

* AT 533 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON LIANE ACROSS ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA WEST
  THROUGH CONNEAUT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THESE
  STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS
  AND LARGE HAIL.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CONNEAUT
  WEST SPRINGFIELD
  EDINBORO
  UNION CITY

.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

GABRIC

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, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
416 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0400 PM    CHESTERLAND               OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   GEAUGA

0405 PM    PAINESVILLE               OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   LAKE
Local storm report, May 31, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
416 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0400 PM    CHESTERLAND               OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   GEAUGA

0405 PM    PAINESVILLE               OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   LAKE
Local storm report, May 31, 4:40 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
440 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0439 PM    CONNEAUT                  OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   ASHTABULA
Local storm report, May 31, 5:02 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
502 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0445 PM    WEST SPRINGFIELD          PA   1 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   ERIE
Local storm report, May 31, 5:14 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
514 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0513 PM    FAIRVIEW                  PA   1 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   ERIE
Local storm report, May 31, 5:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
525 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0523 PM    SHEFFIELD LAKE            OH   .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   LORAIN

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, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake63 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, 5:36 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
May 31, 11:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie46 min
May 31, 12:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford48 min
May 31, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie49 min
May 31, 12:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford50 min
May 31, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie64 min
May 31, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie48 min
May 31, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford63 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.