Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Jun 16, 1998, 1:07 PM EDT (17:07 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 1998, 2:00 PM EDT

In force

53 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Scioto County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

462 
WUUS01 KILN 161708 RRA
SVRILN
OHC145-161800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
107 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

*SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

* EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT.

* AT 105 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTSMOUTH
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF FRIENDSHIP...PORTSMOUTH...NEW
  BOSTON AND GARDEN CITY.


IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK REFUGE FROM THE STORM IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY.


DISTEFANO

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 16, 10:02 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1002 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

VORT MAX CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN IL IS PROGGED TO MOVE IN SOUTHERN OHIO
BY AFTERNOON.  MODIFIED ILN SOUNDING CONTINUED TO SHOW AN UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE OVER THE REGION...WITH LI TO -8 AND CAPES OVER 2400 J/KG.
ILN RADAR SHOWING STORMS FIRING IN SOUTHEAST IN...IN THE PVA AND MOVING
ACROSS THE MIAMI VALLEY.  THIS AREA ALREADY SOAKED FROM THE RAINS OF
THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. FFA IN THIS REGION A TOUGH CALL...FFG FROM
YESTERDAY WAS AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH PRECIPIATABLE
WATERS AT 1.26 AND MORE SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IT WILL BE
CLOSE.

UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER CWA TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BRINGING TEMPORARY
BREAK FROM THE WET WEATHER.

LOOKED OVER CURRENT FORECAST AND IN GENERAL IT IS LOOKING GOOD.

SITES

In the hours before

OHZ054>056-062>065-071>074-078>082-088-KYZ093-096>100-162200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1215 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
MIAMI VALLEY...GREATER CINCINNATI TRI-STATE AREA...CENTRAL AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL OHIO ALONG WITH NORTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 6 PM...

AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE INTERACTING WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON.

SITES

OHZ054>056-062>065-071>074-078>082-088-KYZ093-096>100-162200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1215 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
MIAMI VALLEY...GREATER CINCINNATI TRI-STATE AREA...CENTRAL AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL OHIO ALONG WITH NORTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 6 PM...

AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE INTERACTING WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON.

SITES

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.