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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 21, 1998Erie County, Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 1998, 10:38 PM EDT for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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
Jul 21, 1998, 10:38 PM EDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1998, 11:25 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jul 21, 10:40 PM EDTTornado F0Willard, OHA tornado touched down northwest of Willard and traveled southeast to Plymouth. Homes along the route sustained shingle and antenna damage. Two railroad cars were blown off the track and many trees were downed or their tops were broken off.
Jul 21, 11:25 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, OHMany trees were downed, especially at Strongs Ridge.

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
Jul 21, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1998-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1998-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-374 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

169 
WFUS1 KCLE 220237 RRA
TORCLE
OHC043-077-220325-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1038 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 1125 PM EDT

* AT 1037 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORWALK OR 5 MILES WEST OF MILAN MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL MOVE NEAR...
  MILAN
  NORWALK
  EAST NORWALK
  EAST TOWNSEND


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga64 min
Jul 21, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake61 min
Jul 21, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit64 min
Jul 21, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina64 min
Jul 21, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull65 min
Jul 21, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca50 min
Jul 21, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron62 min
Jul 21, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning65 min
Jul 21, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood64 min
Jul 21, 9:36 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWood64 min
Jul 21, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky62 min
Jul 21, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Seneca62 min
Jul 21, 10:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie65 min
Jul 21, 10:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain3 hr
Jul 21, 10:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain62 min
Jul 21, 11:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain51 min
Jul 21, 11:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina62 min
Jul 21, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Richland62 min
Jul 21, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne62 min
Jul 21, 11:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit60 min
Jul 22, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull61 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.