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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 19, 1998Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 12:27 AM EST for Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 63 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 19, 1998, 12:27 AM EST (05:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 1998, 1:30 AM EST
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Wayne County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 19, 12:52 AM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Richmond, IN	Numerous trees and power lines downed.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 18, 11:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3764 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 16.9

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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 18, 7:55 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 7:55 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:42 PM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>099-OHZ034-035-042>044-
051>053-060>062-070>072-077>080-190640-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
843 PM EDT (743 PM EST) THU JUN 18 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS WESTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY.  VERY STRONG WINDS...
LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION.
THE MAIN THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A STRONG SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WILL ENCOUNTER VERY
UNSTABLE AIR ALREADY OVER THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  SPOTTER
AND AMATUER RADIO ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT.

FARINA

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 11:03 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>093-OHZ026-034-035-042>045-
051>053-060>062-070>072-077-078-190900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1203 AM EDT (1103 PM EST) FRI JUN 19 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 AM EDT FOR
   SOUTHEAST INDIANA - NORTHWEST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN OHIO...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST
INDIANA...NORTHWEST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN OHIO INCLUDING THE CITIES
OF CINCINNATI...DAYTON...RICHMOND AND WAPAKONETA.  A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA THROUGH 5 AM EDT.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SHORT TERM
FORECASTS AND ANY POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

FARINA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 12:55 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Darke, Preble	65 min
Jun 19, 12:55 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	65 min
Jun 19, 1:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton, Warren	66 min
Jun 19, 1:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Miami, Shelby	66 min
Jun 19, 1:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Montgomery	66 min
Jun 19, 1:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Logan	55 min
Jun 19, 1:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Greene	55 min
Jun 19, 1:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont	55 min
Jun 19, 1:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin	55 min
Jun 19, 2:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	68 min
Jun 19, 2:15 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Highland	45 min
Jun 19, 2:15 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Madison, Union	45 min
Jun 19, 1:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Campbell, Kenton	55 min
Jun 19, 2:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Gallatin	68 min
Jun 19, 12:27 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union	63 min

Nearby

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

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.