Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1998, 5:24 PM EDT for Allen County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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
- Apr 16, 1998, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1998, 6:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 5:48 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Lima, OH | Three-quarter inch hail was reported by Amateur Radio Operators and Sheriff's Department on Mumaugh Rd. in Lima and along I-75 at Beaverdam. |
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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
388 WUUS53 KIWX 162125 RRA SVRFWA OHC003-162225- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 424 PM EST THU APR 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO * UNTIL 625 PM EDT (525 PM EST) * AT 522 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LIMA OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONANT MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... CONANT KEMP ALLENTOWN FT SHAWNEE ELIDA ROUSCULP GOMER LIMA CAIRO WESTMINSTER SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LINDQUIST/OHARA
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 1:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-170020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO EXCLUDE 3 INDIANA COS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1220 PM EST THU APR 16 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... NORTHEAST INDIANA... AND NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 700 PM EST OR 800 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... CASS... ST JOSEPH... BRANCH... AND HILLSDALE... AND FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST INDIANA... ELKHART...KOSCIUSKO...MIAMI...LAGRANGE...NOBLE...WHITLEY... WABASH...HUNTINGTON...STEUBEN...DEKALB...ALLEN....WELLS... ADAMS. AND FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO... WILLIAMS...FULTON...DEFIANCE...HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT... AND ALLEN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND TO PERU THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN INDIANA... AND NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. JAH
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 1:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-170020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1220 PM EST THU APR 16 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... NORTHEAST INDIANA... AND NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 700 PM EST OR 800 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... CASS... ST JOSEPH... BRANCH... AND HILLSDALE... AND FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST INDIANA... ELKHART...KOSCIUSKO...MIAMI...LAGRANGE...NOBLE...WHITLEY... WABASH...HUNTINGTON...GRANT...STEUBEN...DEKALB...ALLEN....WELLS... ADAMS...BLACKFORD... AND JAY... AND FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO... WILLIAMS...FULTON...DEFIANCE...HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT... AND ALLEN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND TO PERU THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN INDIANA... AND NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. JAH
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 1:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-170020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO EXCLUDE 3 INDIANA COS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1220 PM EST THU APR 16 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... NORTHEAST INDIANA... AND NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 700 PM EST OR 800 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... CASS... ST JOSEPH... BRANCH... AND HILLSDALE... AND FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST INDIANA... ELKHART...KOSCIUSKO...MIAMI...LAGRANGE...NOBLE...WHITLEY... WABASH...HUNTINGTON...STEUBEN...DEKALB...ALLEN....WELLS... ADAMS. AND FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO... WILLIAMS...FULTON...DEFIANCE...HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT... AND ALLEN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND TO PERU THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN INDIANA... AND NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. JAH
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:47 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-162340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 344 PM EST (344 PM CDT) THU APR 16 1998 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 800 PM EDT... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... CASS... ST JOSEPH...BRANCH... HILLSDALE. ALL NORTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON HAS PASSED. SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR THREATENING WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. JAH
Local storm report, Apr 16, 4:58 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE, IN
358 PM EST THU APR 16 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1508 PM REDKEY IN 1.75 HAIL
04/16/98 JAY STATE POLICE REPORT
1515 PM COMO IN 1.75 HAIL
04/16/98 JAY AMBULANCE DRIVER REPORTLocal storm report, Apr 16, 4:58 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE, IN
358 PM EST THU APR 16 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1508 PM REDKEY IN 1.75 HAIL
04/16/98 JAY STATE POLICE REPORT
1515 PM COMO IN 1.75 HAIL
04/16/98 JAY AMBULANCE DRIVER REPORTNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1998Every 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.