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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 24, 1998Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1998, 6:30 PM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 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
May 24, 1998, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1998, 7:05 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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
May 24, 6:30 PM EDTHail 1.75Marion, 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 1998-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 1998-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

951 
WFUS1 KCLE 242233 RRA
TORCLE
OHC101-242305-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
630 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 705 PM EDT

* AT 629 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



.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
May 24, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion47 min
May 24, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow60 min
May 24, 7:03 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMorrow47 min
May 24, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox64 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.