Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 1:28 AM EDT for Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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 29, 1998, 1:28 AM EDT (05:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 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 29, 2:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Pleasant Corners, 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 3668 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
866
WUUS01 KILN 290529 RRA
SVRILN
OHC049-290615-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
128 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 215 AM EDT
* AT 124 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS OR 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GROVE CITY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
COLUMBUS BY 128 AM EDT..
OBETZ BY 135 AM EDT..
GROVEPORT BY 144 AM EDT..
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
.END/DISTEFANOWhat 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 28, 8:02 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 8:02 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 802 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998 FCST PROB AGN TNGT IS ASSESSMENT OF TSTM POTENTIAL. TSTMS HV DVLPD ACRS NW/NC OH AT NOSE OF WAA IN AREA OF SFC MSTR CNVRGC. THESE STMS ARE MOVG SE FOLLOWING 850/300 FAVORED THCKNS TWD BEST INSTBY WHERE AWIPS LAPS CAPES ARE 5000 J/KG. THESE STMS SHUD MAINTAIN STG TO SVR STRENGTH AS THEY MOVE INTO FAVORED AREA IN SE OH. SUGG FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TNGT FOR PTNS OF CNTRL OH THAT HV BEEN WORKED OVR PAST FEW DAYS. THIS WUD INCLUDE LICKING...FAIRFIELD AND HOCKING CTYS. MCS COMPLEX HS DVLPD ACRS NRN MO/CNTRL IL WITH SCTD ACTVTY INTO W CNTRL IN. THESE STMS SHUD FOLLOW FAVORED 850/300 MB THCKNS INTO SE IN AND SW OH/NRN KY LTR TNGT. THEREFORE...SUGG ADDING MENT OF OVRNGT TSTMS TO THESE LOCATIONS. CVG 075/091 34 DAY 074/090 34 CMH 073/092 54 PMH 075/092 34 RANDALL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 28, 8:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
832 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 LICKING TREES DOWN ACROSS
NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTYSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 8:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
OHZ074-056-065-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 845 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT FOR HOCKING COUNTY... A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS OVER OHIO WAS PROVIDING THE FUEL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN OHIO WERE TRACKING TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO LICKING COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF LICKING...FAIRFIELD AND HOCKING COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR LICKING AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES. X STAYED TO TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
OHZ074-056-065-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 845 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT FOR HOCKING COUNTY... A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS OVER OHIO WAS PROVIDING THE FUEL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN OHIO WERE TRACKING TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO LICKING COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF LICKING...FAIRFIELD AND HOCKING COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR LICKING AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES. X STAYED TO TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
OHZ044>046-052>056-064-065-074-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1100 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO... A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS OVER OHIO WAS PROVIDING THE FUEL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE MIAMI VALLEY. THESE STORMS WERE TRACKING TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. SOME TOWNS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE...URBANA... SPRINGFIELD...MARYSVILLE...COLUMBUS...CIRCLEVILLE AND NEWARK. STAYED TO TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 53 min |
| Jun 28, 9:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Licking | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Pickaway | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 11:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 12:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hocking | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 1:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 2:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 2:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mercer | 114 min |
| Jun 29, 3:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 3:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison, Pickaway, Union | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 43 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.