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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 12, 1998Adams County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1998, 10:56 PM EDT for Adams County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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 12, 1998, 10:56 PM EDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1998, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, OH

The radar

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 11:21 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 51West Union, OHWinds gusted to 60 mph.

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 12, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 12, 8:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 8:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
845 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1998

TRIED TO GET THIS OUT EARLY...BUT...

22Z SURFACE MAP SHOWED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST AHEAD OF STRONG WIND
SHIFT LINE...WITH TRUE COLD FRONT STILL BACK ACROSS WISCONSIN AND
IOWA.

WITH LINE FILLING IN ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE...HIGH POPS LOOK GOOD FOR
ENTIRE CWA.   UPPER SUPPORT INCREASES OVER THE REGION AROUND 06Z AS 500
MB S/W BEGINS TO SWING THROUGH. PRECIPIATABLE WATERS INCREASE TO OVER
1.50 BY 06Z...AND WITH FFG FOR KY COUNTIES ONLY AROUND 0.5 IN AN
HOUR...ANY THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ABLE TO DROP AT LEAST THAT MUCH.

COLD FRONT PROGGED THROUGH THE AREA AROUND 12Z....USHERING DRIER AIR
MASS.

EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WATCH IN KY...ONLY POSSIBLE CHANGE IN
FORECAST MIGHT BE TO LOWER TEMPERATURES IN W CNTRL N OF DAY ZONE TO THE
MID 60S AS DRIER AIR WORKS IN BEHIND FRONT.

P.S. TO CLE...ON NEXT ZONE ISSUANCE...THE SATURDAY FORECAST FOR TOL
ZONE HAS ...A CHANCE OF A MORNING... NEEDS SHOWER.

SITES

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan, Shelby27 min
Jun 12, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke50 min
Jun 12, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble28 min
Jun 12, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery57 min
Jun 12, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami49 min
Jun 12, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene44 min
Jun 12, 9:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler47 min
Jun 12, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin48 min
Jun 12, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton, Warren45 min
Jun 12, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton57 min
Jun 12, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Madison51 min
Jun 12, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont65 min
Jun 12, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Highland54 min
Jun 12, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss64 min
Jun 12, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike66 min
Jun 12, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking66 min
Jun 12, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto63 min
Jun 12, 10:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBracken, Mason, Pendleton3 hr
Jun 12, 10:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNCampbell, Kenton3 hr
Jun 12, 10:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBoone3 hr
Jun 12, 10:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLewis3 hr
Jun 12, 11:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNOwen49 min
Jun 12, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis49 min
Jun 12, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Wayne50 min
Jun 12, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion44 min
Jun 12, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.