Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 6:13 PM EDT for Paulding County, Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 min. 3 reports 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 3, 1998, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1998, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Paulding County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 3, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Scott, OH | OLD BARN SUSTAINED MODERATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. GARAGE SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. |
| May 3, 6:18 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Haviland, OH | |
| May 3, 6:25 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Scott, 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
580 WUUS53 KIWX 032214 RRA SVRFWA OHC125-161-032245- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 513 PM EST SUN MAY 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO NORTHERN VAN WERT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO * UNTIL 645 PM EDT (545 PM EST) * AT 612 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF VAN WERT MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... CAVETT SCOTT HAVILAND LATTY TIPTON BRICETON SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TEH/JM
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
Local storm report, May 3, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA
235 PM CST SUN MAY 03 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
321 PM NEW HAVEN IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN
321 PM NEW HAVEN IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT ALONG RT30 AND
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
313 PM MONROEVILLE IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN TOUCHDOWN 3NE MONROEVILLE
325 PM MONROEVILLE IN TORNADO
05/03/98 J ALLEN BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR
MONROEVILLELocal storm report, May 3, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA
235 PM CST SUN MAY 03 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
321 PM NEW HAVEN IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN
321 PM NEW HAVEN IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT ALONG RT30 AND
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
313 PM MONROEVILLE IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN TOUCHDOWN 3NE MONROEVILLE
325 PM MONROEVILLE IN TORNADO
05/03/98 J ALLEN BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR
MONROEVILLELocal storm report, May 3, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA
235 PM CST SUN MAY 03 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
321 PM NEW HAVEN IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN
321 PM NEW HAVEN IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT ALONG RT30 AND
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
313 PM MONROEVILLE IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN TOUCHDOWN 3NE MONROEVILLE
325 PM MONROEVILLE IN TORNADO
05/03/98 H ALLEN BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR
MONROEVILLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 35 min |
| May 3, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Putnam | 33 min |
Nearby
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.