Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 6:25 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 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, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 7:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lorain County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:38 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Euclid, OH | |
| May 31, 6:40 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Cleveland, OH | |
| May 31, 6:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, OH | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| May 31, 6:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland, OH | Trees were downed. |
| May 31, 6:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn Center, OH | Trees 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.
| 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
967 WUUS1 KCLE 312226 RRA SVRCLE OHC035-055-093-OHZ523-524-312325- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 625 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CUYAHOGA COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT WATERS IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO LORAIN COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT L WATERS IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO * UNTIL 725 PM EDT * AT 624 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON A LINE ACROSS LORAIN...CUYAHOGA AND GEAUGA COUNTIES. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED. .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
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:44 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-312235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 544 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... LUCAS WOOD HANCOCK MARION WYANDOT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OHIO OTTAWA SANDUSKY SENECA CRAWFORD MORROW KNOX ERIE HURON RICHLAND LORAIN MEDINA ASHLAND HOLMES WAYNE CUYAHOGA SUMMIT STARK LAKE GEAUGA PORTAGE ASHTABULA TRUMBULL MAHONING IN PENNSYLVANIA ERIE CRAWFORD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. BARJENBRUCH
Local storm report, May 31, 5:46 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
546 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0532 PM CASTALIA OH .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ERIE
0537 PM WESTLAKE OH .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 CUYAHOGALocal storm report, May 31, 5:46 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
546 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0532 PM CASTALIA OH .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ERIE
0537 PM WESTLAKE OH .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 CUYAHOGALocal storm report, May 31, 5:57 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
557 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0550 PM NOVELTY OH .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 GEAUGA
0553 PM NEWBURY OH .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 GEAUGA
0553 PM NEWBURY OH 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 GEAUGALocal storm report, May 31, 5:57 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
557 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0550 PM NOVELTY OH .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 GEAUGA
0553 PM NEWBURY OH .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 GEAUGA
0553 PM NEWBURY OH 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 GEAUGALocal storm report, May 31, 6:17 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
617 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0605 PM CONNEAUTVILLE PA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 CRAWFORD
0605 PM CANTON OH 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 STARK
0614 PM AVON OH .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 LORAINThe 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, 5:39 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, 6:46 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.