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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 27, 1998Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1998, 5:27 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 27, 1998, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1998, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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
Jun 27, 6:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, OHMany trees and power lines were downed. At Clinton Lake Campground east of Tiffin, large limbs were downed and 20 campers and several tents were damaged.

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
Jun 27, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2641 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

633 
WFUS1 KCLE 272129 RRA
TORCLE
OHC147-272230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
527 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 527 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FREMONT OR 6 MILES EAST OF
  OLD FORT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL MOVE NEAR...


GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 1:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow57 min
Jun 27, 1:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford63 min
Jun 27, 2:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox3 hr
Jun 27, 2:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMorrow3 hr
Jun 27, 2:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox63 min
Jun 27, 4:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Morrow3 hr
Jun 27, 4:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland3 hr
Jun 27, 8:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark, Wayne3 hr
Jun 27, 10:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas46 min
Jun 27, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron60 min
Jun 27, 4:09 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHuron61 min
Jun 27, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Wood61 min
Jun 27, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne66 min
Jun 27, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky65 min
Jun 27, 4:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Richland65 min
Jun 27, 4:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Morrow2 hr
Jun 27, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox66 min
Jun 27, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood64 min
Jun 27, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes66 min
Jun 27, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne63 min
Jun 27, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock65 min
Jun 27, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain66 min
Jun 27, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina65 min
Jun 27, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot65 min
Jun 27, 5:57 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford63 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit66 min
Jun 27, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga62 min
Jun 27, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Stark63 min
Jun 27, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland65 min
Jun 27, 6:20 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark65 min
Jun 27, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox63 min
Jun 27, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Morrow65 min
Jun 27, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot66 min
Jun 27, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland64 min
Jun 27, 6:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Morrow2 hr
Jun 27, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEKnox, Morrow61 min
Jun 27, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion64 min

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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.