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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 19, 1998Clermont County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 2:35 AM EDT for Clermont County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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, 2:35 AM EDT (06:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 1998, 3:30 AM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Clermont County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 19, 2:50 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Goshen, OH	Numerous trees 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 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 19, 1:44 AM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 1:44 AM EDT, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

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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 19, 12:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:25 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
225 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0150 AM    CONNERSVILLE              IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98   FAYETTE                        TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          BLOWN DOWN

0152 AM    RICHMOND                  IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98   WAYNE                          SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

0206 AM    LIGHTSVILLE               OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98   DARKE                          LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN

0206 AM    LIGHTSVILLE               OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98   DARKE                          ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE

0215 AM    COLDWATER                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98   MERCER                         TREES BLOWN DOWN

0215 AM    COLDWATER                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98   MERCER                         ROOFS BLOWN OFF HOUSES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 1:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Darke, Preble	65 min
Jun 19, 1:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	65 min
Jun 19, 2:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton, Warren	66 min
Jun 19, 2:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Miami, Shelby	66 min
Jun 19, 2:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Montgomery	66 min
Jun 19, 2:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Logan	55 min
Jun 19, 2:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Greene	55 min
Jun 19, 2:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin	55 min
Jun 19, 3:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	68 min
Jun 19, 3:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Highland	45 min
Jun 19, 3:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Madison, Union	45 min
Jun 19, 2:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Campbell, Kenton	55 min
Jun 19, 3:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Gallatin	68 min
Jun 19, 1:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union	63 min
Jun 19, 1:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Wayne	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.