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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 355, NWS Wilmington, OH

November 10, 1998Hocking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 4:02 PM EST for Hocking County, Ohio. It was in force for 73 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: Nov 10, 1998, 4:02 PM EST (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 1998, 5:15 PM EST
In force: 73 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Hocking County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 4:30 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Countywide, OH	Trees down countywide.

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
Nov 10, 3:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 503 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 540 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Nov 10, 2:53 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 2:53 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 10, 11:00 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before

KYZ089-090-094>100-101800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1100 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY
   UNTIL 400 PM...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL PUSH
INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  MORE
SPECIFIC INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW WITHIN 30 MINUTES IN ANOTHER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT.

WILKINSON

Special weather statement, Nov 10, 11:20 AM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>055-060>064-070>072-077>081-102200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1120 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY
   UNTIL 400 PM...

SOME TOWNS IN THIS WATCH AREA INCLUDE OWENTOWN AND MAYSVILLE.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST AND EAST-
CENTRAL INDIANA...EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY...AND WESTERN AND
CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 500 PM...

SOME CITIES IN THIS WATCH AREA INCLUDE RICHMOND INDIANA...DAYTON...
SPRINGFIELD...CINCINNATI...COLUMBUS AND COVINGTON KENTUCKY.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL PUSH
INTO THE WATCH AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  SOME REPORTS OF
WINDS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH AND SOME DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM
WESTERN INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND EASTERN ILLINOIS.

THE STORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN INDIANA...WESTERN OHIO...AND NORTHERN
KENTUCKY AROUND COVINGTON DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND
THEN PUSH INTO CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AROUND MAYSVILLE
DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY
THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS
DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

WILKINSON

Special weather statement, Nov 10, 11:20 AM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>055-060>064-070>072-077>081-102200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1120 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY
   UNTIL 400 PM...

SOME TOWNS IN THIS WATCH AREA INCLUDE OWENTOWN AND MAYSVILLE.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST AND EAST-
CENTRAL INDIANA...EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY...AND WESTERN AND
CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 500 PM...

SOME CITIES IN THIS WATCH AREA INCLUDE RICHMOND INDIANA...DAYTON...
SPRINGFIELD...CINCINNATI...COLUMBUS AND COVINGTON KENTUCKY.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL PUSH
INTO THE WATCH AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  SOME REPORTS OF
WINDS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH AND SOME DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM
WESTERN INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND EASTERN ILLINOIS.

THE STORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN INDIANA...WESTERN OHIO...AND NORTHERN
KENTUCKY AROUND COVINGTON DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND
THEN PUSH INTO CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AROUND MAYSVILLE
DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY
THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS
DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

WILKINSON

Special weather statement, Nov 10, 2:58 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 12:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	60 min
Nov 10, 12:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Preble	74 min
Nov 10, 1:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize	59 min
Nov 10, 1:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	62 min
Nov 10, 1:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Miami, Shelby	78 min
Nov 10, 1:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Montgomery	78 min
Nov 10, 2:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont, Warren	74 min
Nov 10, 2:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Greene	64 min
Nov 10, 2:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin, Logan	64 min
Nov 10, 2:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	56 min
Nov 10, 2:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton	56 min
Nov 10, 2:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Madison, Union	72 min
Nov 10, 2:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Highland	72 min
Nov 10, 3:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Franklin	71 min
Nov 10, 3:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams	73 min
Nov 10, 3:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pickaway, Ross	75 min
Nov 10, 3:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	58 min
Nov 10, 4:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	73 min
Nov 10, 1:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll	59 min
Nov 10, 1:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Gallatin, Owen	62 min
Nov 10, 1:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton	74 min
Nov 10, 12:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Wayne	61 min
Nov 10, 12:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ripley	61 min
Nov 10, 12:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Union	44 min
Nov 10, 1:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin	59 min
Nov 10, 1:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ohio	59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1998 Every 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.