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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1998, 4:31 PM EDT for Clark County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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
- Aug 25, 1998, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 1998, 5:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 4:49 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Countywide, OH | Several 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 25, 3:36 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 3:36 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 10:48 AM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
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OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077-078-080-082-260100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 237 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 801 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO...THE MIAMI VALLEY...CENTRAL OHIO AND MOST OF EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO... SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE CINCINNATI...COLUMBUS...DAYTON... LANCASTER...SPRINGFIELD AND WAPOKENTA. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RUNNING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO...WESTWARD INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA...WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AS THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRESSES. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS. .END/SITES
Local storm report, Aug 25, 2:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
252 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0225 PM KENTON OH 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/25/98 HARDIN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND
FIVE LARGE TREES DOWN 5
MILES E OF KENTONLocal storm report, Aug 25, 4:25 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 24, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 42 min |
| Aug 25, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 3:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 65 min |
| Aug 25, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ross | 76 min |
| Aug 25, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ohio | 32 min |
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.