Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1998, 8:34 PM EDT for Shelby County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 19, 1998, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1998, 9:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shelby County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Sidney, OH | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 200035 TORILN OHC149-200105- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 834 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. * UNTIL 905 PM EDT * AT 830 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF SIDNEY MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... t NEWPORT AT 837 PM EDT . ANNA AT 856 PM EDT. I-75 AT MILE MARKER 95 AT 857 PM EDT . SIDNEY AT 857 PM EDT . IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. .END/SITES
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 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:05 AM EDT, 17 hours 29 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, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 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, 49 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, 46 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, 45 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 DOWNLocal storm report, Jul 19, 8:26 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
826 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 PM ST MARYS OH 1 INCH HAIL
07/19/98 AUGLAIZE
0750 PM 10 NW WAPAKONETA OH 80 MPH TSTM GUST
07/19/98 AUGLAIZE 60-80 MPH GUSTS ESTIMATED
BY HAMS
0750 PM 10 NW WAPAKONETA OH WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 AUGLAIZE NUMEROUS 6 INCH DIAMETER
LIMBS DOWN
0750 bPM CELINA OH .88 INCH HAIL
07/19/98 MERCERLocal storm report, Jul 19, 8:29 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1200 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0900 PM MECHANICSBURG OH WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 CHAMPAIGN TREES DOWN IN
MECHANICSBURG AND
COUNTYWIDE
0905 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 MIAMI TREES DOWN ACROSS WESTERN
PART NEAR PLEASANT HILL
0915 PM GREENVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 DARKE TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES
DOWN ACROSS GREENVILLE AND
NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY
0927 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 CLARK TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY
1006 PM PLAIN CITY OH WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 MADISON LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
1018 PM GRATIOT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 LICKING TREES DOWN
1056 PM CIRCLEVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 PICKAWAY TREES DOWN
1100 PM OXFORD OH WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 BUTLER TREES DOWN IN OXFORD
1111 PM HAMILTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 BUTLER TREES DOWN ACROSS HAMILTONThe 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, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Mercer | 36 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.