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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 283, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 20, 1998Franklin County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1998, 12:35 AM EST for Franklin County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 1998, 12:35 AM EST (05:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1998, 1:20 AM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, IN

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 19, 8:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

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, 9:49 PM EST, 2 hours 46 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, 9:58 PM EST, 2 hours 37 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, 10:00 PM EST, 2 hours 35 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
Local storm report, Jul 19, 11:04 PM EST, 1 hour 31 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
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 11:19 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 7:03 PM ESTTornado WarningILNHardin47 min
Jul 19, 7:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan, Shelby61 min
Jul 19, 7:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke61 min
Jul 19, 7:14 PM ESTTornado WarningILNMercer36 min
Jul 19, 7:34 PM ESTTornado WarningILNShelby31 min
Jul 19, 7:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Union62 min
Jul 19, 7:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Miami61 min
Jul 19, 7:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Mercer63 min
Jul 19, 8:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Madison62 min
Jul 19, 8:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin62 min
Jul 19, 8:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking60 min
Jul 19, 8:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami, Montgomery63 min
Jul 19, 8:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene64 min
Jul 19, 8:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Pickaway62 min
Jul 19, 8:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble60 min
Jul 19, 9:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette62 min
Jul 19, 9:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton62 min
Jul 19, 9:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison46 min
Jul 19, 9:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Warren66 min
Jul 19, 9:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway, Ross78 min
Jul 19, 10:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont77 min
Jul 19, 10:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown82 min
Jul 19, 10:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland64 min
Jul 19, 10:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Pike72 min
Jul 19, 11:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto58 min
Jul 20, 12:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNButler, Preble2 hr
Jul 20, 1:48 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNHamilton2 hr
Jul 20, 3:25 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNButler2 hr
Jul 20, 3:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNOwen50 min
Jul 20, 4:37 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Owen2 hr
Jul 20, 6:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin3 hr
Jul 20, 6:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNOwen3 hr
Jul 19, 10:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne61 min
Jul 19, 11:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNWayne2 hr
Jul 19, 11:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion32 min
Jul 20, 2:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Ripley50 min
Jul 20, 2:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNDearborn, Ripley2 hr
Jul 20, 4:10 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNRipley115 min
Jul 20, 4:37 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNSwitzerland2 hr
Jul 20, 6:05 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNRipley3 hr

Nearby

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