Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 2:35 AM EDT for Hardin 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 Hardin County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:39 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 19, 3:15 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Countywide, OH | 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 190635 RRA SVRILN KYC037-117-OHC021-023-025-027-057-065-091-190735- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 235 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. CLARK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. CLERMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. HARDIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. KENTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. * EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM EDT. * AT 235 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN OHIO AND SINKING INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT COVINGTON KENTUCKY...SPRINGFIELD...WILMINGTON...XENIA... URBANA...BELLEFONTAINE...KENTON...AND BATAVIA. * THESE STORMS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. 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. DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WILKINSON
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
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 145 EDT FRI JUN 19 1998 INITIAL LINE OF TSTMS MOVING THRU IND...PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE...NOW ENTERING CWA...WHERE SFC DWPTS WELL INTO 70S. ANOTHER BAND OF TSTMS ENTERING W IN FROM IL...ALSO HEADED TWD CWA...A BIT S OF INITIAL LINE. ZONES WL REQUIRE EARLY PERIOD WITH CATEGORICAL POPS AND MENTION OF SVR. ALSO...FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE REMAINS LOW. HOWEVER...TSTMS LINED UP PERPENDICULAR TO STEERING FLOW...SO HVY DOWNPOURS SHUD NOT LAST TOO LONG IN ANY GIVEN LOCATION...AND FLOODING PROBLEMS SHUD REMAIN LOCALIZED. AFTER 12Z...POPS WL GRADUALLY DECR FROM W TO E...AND CHC FOR TSTMS SHUD END ACRS W BY EARLY AFTN AND ACRS E DURG MID AFTN AS DRIER AIR SPREADS INTO REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WL PROVIDE CLEARING SKIES TONIGHT AND A RAIN-FREE DAY SAT. NEXT CHC FOR SHRA/TSRA SAT NITE/EARLY SUN. WL NOT STRAY FAR FROM NGM MOS TMPS. CVG 88/64/92 500 DAY 88/64/91 500 CMH 88/64/92 700 ROWLEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 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 19, 12:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 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
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 HOUSESThe 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 | Clermont | 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1998Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.