Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1998, 8:54 PM EDT for Darke County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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
- May 19, 1998, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1998, 9:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Darke County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Rossburg, OH |
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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
009
WUUS01 KILN 200056 RRA
SVRILN
OHC037-200150-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
854 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
*SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO.
* EFFECTIVE UNTIL 950 PM EDT.
* AT 853 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
LIGHTSVILLE BY 900 PM EDT..
ROSSBURG BY 920 PM EDT..
FRENCHTOWN BY 945 PM EDT
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK REFUGE FROM THE STORM IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL
WHICH MAY CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND SERIOUS INJURY.
WILKINSONWhat 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 May 19, 2:50 PM EDT, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:50 PM EDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 250 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1998 LTST SFC ANLYS SHWG MESO LOW OVR NRN MO WITH FNTL BNDRY XTNDG NE THROUGH CNTRL IA AND INTO SRN WI. APPARENT DEWPT BNDRY JUST TO OUR W ACRS ERN IND WITH DWPTS ACRS WRN IND AND IL IN THE MID TO UPR 60S WHILE DEWPTS ACRS OH IN THE MID 50S TO NEAR 60. JUST A FEW CI ACRS AREA ATTM WHICH HAS ALLOWED TMPS TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPR 80S MOST LOCATIONS. TESTING OUT NEW UPR AIR INSTRUMENTS HERE SO HAV AN 18Z RAOB AVBL WHICH HAD A CAPE OF 1900 AND LI OF -7 BUT A PRETTY GUD CAP WAS PRESENT JUST BLO 700 MB. HIGHER DEWPTS TO THE W SHUD PUSH SLOWLY E WITH INSTBLTIES INCRSG THRU RMNDR OF AFTN. HOWEVER WITH LACK OF TRIGGER...WL BE HARD TO GET ANYTHING GOING. BEST BET WL BE THIS EVNG AS BETTER THETAE ADVT DVLPS ACRS WRN PORTIONS OF FA AND REMNANTS OF CRNT CONV FIRING OVR SRN WI/NRN IL TRACK SE TWD CWA. BASED ON THIS...WL PRBLY NEED TO CARRY CHC POPS THIS EVNG INTO TNGT. CDFNT PROGD TO PUSH S ACRS FA THRU WED AFTN...REACHING SRN PORTIONS OF FA BY 00Z. WITH THIS...INSTBLTY AXIS ALSO PUSHES INTO SRN FA SO LUKS LIKE BEST CHC FOR TSTMS ON WED WL BE ACRS SRN 1/2 FA. MAY SEE SOME PCPN LINGER INTO WED EVNG ACRS S OTHWS...XPCT PRTLY CLDY WED NGT INTO THUR AS WK SFC RDG NOSES DOWN INTO RGN. FWC/FAN TMPS FAIRLY CLOSE AND LUK RSNBL. DAY 63/87/58/76 4300 CMH 61/86/58/76 3300 CVG 63/87/60/78 4410 PMH 62/87/59/79 3410 LOTT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 6:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-200500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 643 PM EDT (543 PM EST) TUE MAY 19 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST... THIS WATCH INCLUDES RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...AND LIBERTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN AN VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN INDIANA. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK INTO EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA AROUND AND AFTER SUNSET. RESIDENTS OF EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE NORTHWESTERN SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. WILKINSON
Local storm report, May 19, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
750 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0747 PM MONTEZUMA OH .75 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 MERCER REPORTED BY SPOTTERLocal storm report, May 19, 8:15 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
815 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0814 PM ROUNDHEAD OH .75 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 HARDIN DIME SIZE HAILSpecial weather statement, May 19, 8:19 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-080-INZ 050-058-059-200500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 819 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1998 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT (1200 AM EST) FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO AND EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA... ALSO...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT (1200 AM EST) FOR RIPLEY COUNTY INDIANA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WIVTH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL AFFECT THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RESIDENTS OF THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. WILKINSON
Special weather statement, May 19, 8:19 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-080-INZ 050-058-059-200500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 819 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1998 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT (1200 AM EST) FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO AND EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA... ALSO...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT (1200 AM EST) FOR RIPLEY COUNTY INDIANA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WIVTH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL AFFECT THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RESIDENTS OF THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. WILKINSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 60 min |
| May 19, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 57 min |
| May 19, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 62 min |
| May 19, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 51 min |
| May 19, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 59 min |
| May 20, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 60 min |
| May 20, 1:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.