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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 27, 1998Knox County, Morrow County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1998, 6:59 PM EDT for Knox County, Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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: Jun 27, 1998, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 1998, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Knox County, OH, Morrow County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 27, 7:00 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Gambier, OH
Jun 27, 7:15 PM EDT	Tornado F0	Danville, OH	A tornado touched down south of Danville and remained on the ground for a short time. Numerous 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
Jun 27, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 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.

231 
WFUS1 KCLE 272300 RRA
TORCLE
OHC083-117-280000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 655 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROMO FIVE MILE SOUTH OF MOUNT GILEAD TO
  DANVILLE. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL TORNADOES.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...


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WSF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 1:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox, Morrow	57 min
Jun 27, 1:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	63 min
Jun 27, 2:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Knox	3 hr
Jun 27, 2:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Morrow	3 hr
Jun 27, 2:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	63 min
Jun 27, 4:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Knox, Morrow	3 hr
Jun 27, 4:44 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Richland	3 hr
Jun 27, 8:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Stark, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 27, 10:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	46 min
Jun 27, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	60 min
Jun 27, 4:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Huron	61 min
Jun 27, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Wood	61 min
Jun 27, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	66 min
Jun 27, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky	65 min
Jun 27, 4:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland, Richland	65 min
Jun 27, 4:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Knox, Morrow	2 hr
Jun 27, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	66 min
Jun 27, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wood	64 min
Jun 27, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	66 min
Jun 27, 5:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Seneca	63 min
Jun 27, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	63 min
Jun 27, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	65 min
Jun 27, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	66 min
Jun 27, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	65 min
Jun 27, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wyandot	65 min
Jun 27, 5:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford	63 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Summit	66 min
Jun 27, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	62 min
Jun 27, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Stark	63 min
Jun 27, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Richland	65 min
Jun 27, 6:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Stark	65 min
Jun 27, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	63 min
Jun 27, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	65 min
Jun 27, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wyandot	66 min
Jun 27, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland	64 min
Jun 27, 6:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Knox, Morrow	2 hr
Jun 27, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	64 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.