Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1998, 10:26 AM EST for Defiance County, Paulding County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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
- Mar 28, 1998, 10:26 AM EST (15:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1998, 10:55 AM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Defiance County, OH, Paulding County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 10:40 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Antwerp, OH | Several trees downed. |
| Mar 28, 10:46 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Hicksville, OH | trees blown down and shed destroyed in Hicksville. |
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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
326 WUUS53 KIWX 281527 RRA SVRFWA OHC039-125-281555- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1026 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO * UNTIL 1055 AM EST (1055 AM EST) * AT 1021 AM EST... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAULDING OR 14 MILES WEST OF FARMER MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... ANTWERP NEAR 1030 AM EST FARMER NEAR 1030 AM EST CECIL NEAR 1034 AM EST NEY NEAR 1035 AM EST EVANSPORT NEAR 1043 AM EST SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TEH
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.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 28, 3:15 AM EST, 7 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 3:15 AM EST, 7 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 315 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 07Z SATELLITE SHOWING UPPER LOW OVER NORTHERN MO MOVING NE WITH CONVECTION ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS EASTERN IL INTO WESTERN IN AND BACK OVER MO ASSOCIATED WITH COLD POOL ALOFT. STORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE INTO WEST PORTION OF CWA BUT AS THE SHORT WAVE PASSES OVER WILL HAVE TO WATCH CLOSELY. WILL SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO THE MORNING OVER THE WEST ZONES AND INTO EARLY AFTERNOON FOR FAR EAST ZONES. RAIN WILL PROVIDE A COOL START TO THE DAY AS TEMPS HAVE DROPPED INTO THE LOW AND MIDDLE 50S IN THE RAIN AREAS. WITH NO REAL PUSH OF COLD AIR WITH THIS SYSTEM TEMPS SHOULD REBOUND INTO THE UPPER 60S DURING THE AFTERNOON AS CLOUDS DECREASE. RIDGE BECOMES DOMINATE OVER THE AREA LATE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MODELS ARE SHOWING A WARM FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING AS HEIGHTS RISE IN RESPONSE TO THE DIGGING TROF OVER THE GREAT BASIN. SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY LOOKS LIKE A RATHER QUIET AND MILD PERIOD. WINDS WILL NOT BE OF CONCERN TODAY AS 850 FLOW VEERS WEST THROUGH TONIGHT AND DIMINISHES. AVN BRINGS THE GREAT BASIN TROF OVER THE ROCKIES THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WITH MULTIPLE SHORT WAVES EJECTING NE ACROSS THE PLAINS WHICH WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS. FWA TB 066/051 075/055 9991- SBN BB 068/051 077/054 999-- AOH TB 067/052 076/052 9991- .IWX...NONE. LINDQUIST
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 28, 9:25 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
834 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
z0905 AM GRISSOM AFB IN 75 MPH TSTM GUST
03/28/98 MIAMILocal storm report, Mar 28, 9:49 AM EST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
934 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 AM GRISSOM AFB IN 75 MPH TSTM GUST
03/28/98 MIAMILocal storm report, Mar 28, 10:09 AM EST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
917 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 AM GRISSOM AFB IN 75 MPH TSTM GUST
03/28/98 MIAMI
1005 AM LAUD IN WIND DAMAGE
03/28/98 WHITLEY TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
BLOWN DOWN.Local storm report, Mar 28, 10:10 AM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1017 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 AM GRISSOM AFB IN 75 MPH TSTM GUST
03/28/98 MIAMI
1005 AM LAUD IN WIND DAMAGE
03/28/98 WHITLEY TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
BLOWN DOWN .Local storm report, Mar 28, 10:18 AM EST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1018 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 AM GRISSOM AFB IN 75 MPH TSTM GUST
03/28/98 MIAMI
1005 AM LAUD IN WIND DAMAGE
03/28/98 WHITLEY TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
BLOWN DOWN.
1015 AM FT WAYNE IN WIND DAMAGE
03/28/98 ALLEN TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN
PART OF CITY BLOCKING
ROADSLocal storm report, Mar 28, 10:18 AM EST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1018 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 AM GRISSOM AFB IN 75 MPH TSTM GUST
03/28/98 MIAMI
1005 AM LAUD IN WIND DAMAGE
03/28/98 WHITLEY TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
BLOWN DOWN.
1015 AM FT WAYNE IN WIND DAMAGE
03/28/98 ALLEN TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN
PART OF CITY BLOCKING
ROADSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 10:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance | 16 min |
| Mar 28, 11:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Henry | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 11:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 11:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 12:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Putnam | 49 min |
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.