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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 31, 1998Geauga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 5:39 PM EDT for Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1998, 6:40 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Geauga County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 31, 5:50 PM EDT	Hail 1	South Russell, OH
May 31, 5:50 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Novelty, OH
May 31, 5:53 PM EDT	Hail 0.88	Newbury, OH
May 31, 5:55 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Newbury, OH	A 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 31, 3:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 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.

594 
WUUS1 KCLE 312141 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC055-312240-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 640 PM EDT

* AT 539 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CUYAHOGA COUNTY MOVING EAST. LARGE HAIL
  AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CHESTERLAND
  CHARDON

.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 23 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 23 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, 59 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, 37 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, 25 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, 14 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.

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, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wyandot	63 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, 5:50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.