Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1998, 8:14 PM EDT for Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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 19, 1998, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1998, 8:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mercer County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1282 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 200015 TORILN OHC107-200050- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 814 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MERCER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. * UNTIL 850 PM EDT * AT 813 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CELINA MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ST. HENRY AT 820 PM, EDT . COLDWATER AT 822 PM EDT . CHICKASAW AT 833 PM EDT . GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! .END/KELLS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 19, 3:05 AM EDT, 17 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:05 AM EDT, 17 hours 9 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 305 AM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 LTST SFC ANLYS SHWG WRM FNT FM SRN IND INTO CNTRL KY...JUST SW OF FA. SHWRS AND TSMTS CONTG TO DVLP AND TRACK SE ALG FNT IN AREA OF GOOD THETA E CONV...JUST BRUSHING FAR SWRN CWA. WUD XPCT FNT TO LIFT SLOWLY N THRU THIS MRNG SO XPCT TO SEE SOME SHWRS AND TSTMS WORK INTO NRN KY CNTYS. HOWEVER...WITH MID LVL S/W CONTG TO MOV E...SHUD SEE SBSDNC DVLP ACRS AREA THRU THIS MRNG SO ANY SHWRS AND TSTMS THAT DO MAKE IT INTO FA...SHUD NOT HANG ARND TOO LONG. OTHRWS...CLR SKIES IN PLACE ACRS FA THIS MRNG AS MCS OVR MN/IA CONTS TO PUSH ESE. AT 06Z...ETA APPEARED TO HAV BEST HANDLE ON THIS AND WL LEAN TWD ETA SOLUTION THRU TNGT. XPCT TO SEE SOME DEBRIS CLDS WORK INTO NRN PORTIONS OF FA THRU LATE MRNG WHICH MAY CUT BACK ON HTG A LTL BUT WITH GOOD WAA...SHUD STILL SEE TMPS WARM UP PRETTY GOOD. AMS PROGD TO DSTBLZ THRU THIS AFTN WITH CAPES IN THE 2-3K RANGE BY 00Z. WITH VORT AXIS BRUSHING ACRS NRN FA LATE THIS AFTN AND THIS EVNG...LOOKS LIKE BEST CHC OF PCPN/SVR WL BE ACRS DAY AND CMH AREAS. WITH SOME WRMR AIR ALF...INSTBLTY NOT QUITE AS GREAT ACRS SRN FA...BUT WITH WRMFNT PUSHG SLOWLY NE...CHC POPS AlLSO RSBL ACRS THE S FOR LATE THIS AFTN AND EVNG. RDG AXIS AND WRMR AIR ALF WORK IN ACRS AREA ON MON WHICH SHUD KP ANY PCPN GNRLY TO THE NORTH OF FA. DAY 89/72/90 451 CMH 90/72/92 451 CVG 90/72/92 340 PMH 90/72/92 230 LOTT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051-052-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 428 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE ACTIVITY WILL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS IT MOVES INTO A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER INDIANA AND OHIO. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SITES
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051-052-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 703 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST INDIANA HAS PRODUCED THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 MPH AND 80 MPH AS IT MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN INDIANA. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN OHIO BY 8 PM EDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER: RADIO OR YOUR MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. .END/SITES/JOHNSTONE
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:45 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
OHZ056-200500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 745 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LICKING COUNTY UNTIL 1 AM EDT. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO HAS PRODUCED THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 MPH AND 80 MPH. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL OHIO AROUND 10 PM EDT. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWER FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. .END/SITES
Local storm report, Jul 19, 7:48 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
748 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM CELINA OH WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 MERCER TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITYLocal storm report, Jul 19, 7:49 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
749 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0747 PM MENDON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 MERCER LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNThe 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, 8:34 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, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 82 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.