Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 8:53 AM EST for Fayette County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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 2, 1998, 8:53 AM EST (13:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 9:25 AM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:10 AM EST | Hail 1.75 | Harrisburg, IN |
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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KILN 021356 RRA
SVRILN
INC041-021425-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
953 AM EDT (853 AM EST) TUE JUN 2 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
*SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA.
* EFFECTIVE UNTIL 925 AM EST (1025 AM EDT).
* AT 850 AM EST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF CONNERSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
FAIRVIEW BY 852 AM EST..
BENTONVILLE BY 853 AM EST..
CONNERSVILLE BY 906 AM EST..
WATERLOO BY 908 AM EST..
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THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL
WHICH MAY CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND SERIOUS INJURY.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 2, 2:16 AM EST, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:16 AM EST, 6 hours 37 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 316 AM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998 FCST CONCERNS TDA ARE TSTM CHC/S THRU THE PD AND AFFECTS ON TEMPS. INITIAL S/WV TRACKING ACRS NRN OH SETTING OFF A FW LGT RAIN SHWRS ACRS THE N MAINLY FM A MID DECK. NXT S/WV OVR WRN GRTLKS TO TRACK E ACRS GRTLKS TDA. 998MB SFC LO OVR NWRN WI TO TRACK E TDA WITH AN ASCD CDFTN DROPPING QUICKLY THRU THE OH VLY. NOT MUCH MSTR OVR CWA TO START OUT BUT 65-70 DWPTS TO OUR SW ACRS MO/FAR SRN IL AND WRN KY. IN RESPONSE TO UPR MDWST S/WV WND PROFILERS SHW LLJ HS INCRS TO 30-35KTS ACRS ERN MO AND WRN IL. THERFORE XPCT TO SEE AN INCRS IN MSTR TDA WITH FCST CAPES BTWN 2000 AND 3000 J/KG. AREA WL BE IN LF QUAD OF 115KT UPR JET WHICH WL PROVIDE UPR DIV. BEST LO LVL CNVRGC AND 8H THETA-E ADVCTN INTO WRN OH ARND 18Z SHIFTG E ACRS OH DURG AFTN. BASED ON TIMING AND RETURN OF MSTR CNTRL AND S CNTRL OH APPEAR TO HV BEST THREAT OF TSTMS AND SVR-WX. NGM FWC PLAYING DOWN THE CHCS FOR TSTMS TDA. BASED ON THE STRENGTH OF THE DYNAMICS AND THE RETURN OF MSTR...DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE LOW POPS. PREFER SCTD 50 POPS WORDING FOR CNTRL AND S CNTRL OH AND 40 POPS IN WRN TIER OF CNTYS. TEMP WISE... GENERALLY PREFER READINGS CLOSER TO WRMR FWC. FNT TO STALL OUT ACRS KY OVRNGT AND SETTLE OUT ACRS KY/TN BORDER ON WED. SYSNOPTIC SUB ACRS THE AREA TNGT. XPCT TO SEE SOME INCRS IN MID LVL CLDS ESPECIALLY ACRS THE S CLOSER TO THE FNTL BNDRY. BASED ON CLDS PREFER WRMR LOWS TNGT AOA FWC GUID. BAROCLINIC ZONE ACRS KY AND SRN OH ON WED WITH FNT PARALLEL TO UPR FLO. LIFT AND SOME INSTBY BTWN 7H AND 5H INTO SRN OH WED AFTN. SUGG ADDING CHC OF AFTN TSTMS(ELEVATED CNVCTN) ACRS DAY/CMH CVG AND PMH AREAS. CVG 084/061 076/058 073 424 DAY 082/057 073/055 072 424 CMH 083/056 072/055 073 523 PMH 085/062 078/060 074 524 RANDALL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:15 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-022100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 515 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER AT NORMAN OKLAHOMA INDICATES THAT A MODERATE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. TOWNS IN THE MODERATE CHANCE INCLUDE...COLUMBUS...PORTSMOUTH... CHILLICOTHE AND LANCASTER. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MIAMI AND WHITEWATER VALLEYS...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. TOWNS IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE INCLUDE... DAYTON...CINCINNATI...RICHMOND AND DRY RIDGE. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WHICH WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE MORNING WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE TO THE REGION. THIS MOISTURE WILL HELP DESTABLIZE THE AIRMASS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY...MAKING THE ENVIRONMENT PRIME FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL INTERACT WITH THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE LATE MORNING ACROSS EASTERN INDIANA...AROUND MIDDAY IN WESTERN OHIO AND DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL OHIO. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE TODAY. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS APPEAR TO BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BUT DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE WIND FIELDS ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. AREA SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:15 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-022100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 515 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER AT NORMAN OKLAHOMA INDICATES THAT A MODERATE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. TOWNS IN THE MODERATE CHANCE INCLUDE...COLUMBUS...PORTSMOUTH... CHILLICOTHE AND LANCASTER. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MIAMI AND WHITEWATER VALLEYS...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. TOWNS IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE INCLUDE... DAYTON...CINCINNATI...RICHMOND AND DRY RIDGE. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WHICH WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE MORNING WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE TO THE REGION. THIS MOISTURE WILL HELP DESTABLIZE THE AIRMASS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY...MAKING THE ENVIRONMENT PRIME FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL INTERACT WITH THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE LATE MORNING ACROSS EASTERN INDIANA...AROUND MIDDAY IN WESTERN OHIO AND DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL OHIO. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE TODAY. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS APPEAR TO BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BUT DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE WIND FIELDS ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. AREA SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union | 31 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.