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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 19, 1998Brown County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1998, 11:03 PM EDT for Brown County, Ohio. It was in force for 82 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: Jul 19, 1998, 11:03 PM EDT (03:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 1998, 12:25 AM EDT
In force: 82 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Brown County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 20, 12:00 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Countywide, OH	Trees downed across the county.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 9:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 9:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
938 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998

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

0/^750 PM    ROUNDHEAD                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98   HARDIN                         LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

0830 PM    GREENVILLE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98   DARKE                          TREES DOWN NORTH OF
                                          GREENVILLE

0835 PM    BELLEFONTAINE             OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98   LOGAN                          TREES DOWN

0840 PM    SIDNEY                    OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/19/98   SHELBY

0905 PM    ASHLEY   \                 OH   70 MPH TSTM GUST
07/19/98   DELAWARE

KELLS

Local storm report, Jul 19, 9:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
938 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998

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

0750 PM    ROUNDHEAD                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98   HARDIN                         LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

0830 PM    GREENVILLE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98   DARKE                          TREES DOWN NORTH OF
                                          GREENVILLE

0835 PM    BELLEFONTAINE             OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98   LOGAN                          TREES DOWN

0840 PM    SIDNEY                    OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/19/98   SHELBY

0905 PM^    ASHLEY                    OH   70 MPH TSTM GUST
07/19/98   DELAWARE

KELLS

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 10:49 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051-052-200330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1049 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO EXPIRED AT 10 PM
EDT...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE LINE WILL
AFFECT THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER OR THE MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

.END/SITES

Local storm report, Jul 19, 10:58 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1058 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998

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

1049 PM                              OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/98   HAMILTON                       GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          NORTH CENTRAL PART OF
                                          COUNTY

1015 PM    VANDALIA                  OH   74 MPH TSTM GUST
07/19/98   MONTGOMERY                     74 MPH IN VANDALIA

1018 PM                              OH   80 MPH TSTM GUST
07/19/98   PICKAWAY                       80 MPH GUST IN 5 POINTS

1030 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98   MIAMI                          TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE

1049 PM                              OH   70 MPH TSTM GUST
07/19/98   GREENE                         70 MPH GUST IN BEAVERCREEK

...CORRECTED FOR DAY AND TIME

Local storm report, Jul 19, 11:00 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1058 AM EDT MON JUL 20 1998

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

1049 PM                              OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/98   HAMILTON                       GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          NORTH CENTRAL PART OF
                                          COUNTY

1015 PM    VANDALIA                  OH   70 MPH TSTM GUST
07/19/98   MONTGOMERY                     70 MPH IN VANDALIA

1018 PM                              OH   80 MPH TSTM GUST
07/19/98   PICKAWAY                       80 MPH GUST IN 5 POINTS

1030 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98   MIAMI                          TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE

1049 PM                              OH   70 MPH TSTM GUST
07/19/98   GREENE                         70 MPH GUST IN BEAVERCREEK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 8:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Hardin	47 min
Jul 19, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Logan, Shelby	61 min
Jul 19, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke	61 min
Jul 19, 8:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Mercer	36 min
Jul 19, 8:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Shelby	31 min
Jul 19, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Union	62 min
Jul 19, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Miami	61 min
Jul 19, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Mercer	63 min
Jul 19, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Madison	62 min
Jul 19, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin	62 min
Jul 19, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Licking	60 min
Jul 19, 9:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Miami, Montgomery	63 min
Jul 19, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene	64 min
Jul 19, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Pickaway	62 min
Jul 19, 9:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	60 min
Jul 19, 10:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette	62 min
Jul 19, 10:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	62 min
Jul 19, 10:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Madison	46 min
Jul 19, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	66 min
Jul 19, 10:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pickaway, Ross	78 min
Jul 19, 11:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont	77 min
Jul 19, 11:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Highland	64 min
Jul 19, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike	72 min
Jul 20, 12:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Scioto	58 min
Jul 20, 1:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Butler, Preble	2 hr
Jul 20, 2:48 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	2 hr
Jul 20, 4:25 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Butler	2 hr
Jul 20, 4:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Owen	50 min
Jul 20, 5:37 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Owen	2 hr
Jul 20, 7:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin	3 hr
Jul 20, 7:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Owen	3 hr
Jul 19, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	61 min
Jul 20, 12:36 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Wayne	2 hr
Jul 20, 12:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Union	32 min
Jul 20, 1:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin	45 min
Jul 20, 3:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin, Ripley	50 min
Jul 20, 3:58 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	2 hr
Jul 20, 5:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Ripley	115 min
Jul 20, 5:37 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Switzerland	2 hr
Jul 20, 7:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Ripley	3 hr

Nearby

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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.