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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 8, 1998Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 1998, 3:41 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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
Apr 8, 1998, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1998, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 8, 3:50 PM EDTHail 0.88Gates Mills, OH
Apr 8, 4:00 PM EDTHail 1.75Chesterland, OHLarge hail fell in Chester Township.
Apr 8, 4:03 PM EDTHail 1.75Fowlers Mill, OHLarge hail fell in Munson Township.
Apr 8, 4:42 PM EDTHail 0.75Cleveland Hgts, OH

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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 1998-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 1998-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

927 
WFUS1 KCLE 081944 RRA
TORCLE
OHC035-055-082045-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
341 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...GEAUGA COUNTY...
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
AT 340 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A
DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR CLEVELAND HEIGHTS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH. THE CITIES IN TYHE PATH OF THE STORM ARE LYNDHURST...MAYFIELD
HEIGHTS AND CHESTERLAND.
 
 IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 GABRIC
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky41 min
Apr 8, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa62 min
Apr 8, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky43 min
Apr 8, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie41 min
Apr 8, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie59 min
Apr 8, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox57 min
Apr 8, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga57 min
Apr 8, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland68 min
Apr 8, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake67 min
Apr 8, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit, Wayne63 min
Apr 8, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina43 min
Apr 8, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull57 min
Apr 8, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes44 min
Apr 8, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina37 min
Apr 8, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.