Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1998, 6:18 PM EDT for Guernsey County, Muskingum County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 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
- Jun 28, 1998, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1998, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Guernsey County, OH, Muskingum County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield, OH | A house was damaged by thunderstorm winds. |
| Jun 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, OH | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines across the county. Some roads were closed due to downed trees. |
| Jun 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, OH | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines throughout the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
597 WFUS1 KPIT 282218 RRA TORPIT OHC059-119-282314- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 618 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GUERNSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. MUSKINGUM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. * UNTIL 715 PM EDT. * AT 610 PM EDT... SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR THE TOWN OF... ADAMSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLOOMFIELD AT 625 PM. CAMBRIDGE AT 635 PM. <<CALL TO ACTION>>GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR .END/
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:20 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>015-020>022- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021-022-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 520 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY... ARMSTRONG... BEAVER... BUTLER... CLARION... FAYETTE... FOREST... GREENE... LAWRENCE... MERCER... VENANGO... WASHINGTON AND WESTMORELAND. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE... HANCOCK... OHIO... MARION... MARSHALL... MONONGALIA AND WETZEL. IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... BELMONT... CARROL... COLUMBIANA... COSHOCTON... GUERNSEY... HARRISON... JEFFERSON... MONROE... MUSKINGUM... NOBLE AND TUSCARAWAS. IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA THE FOLLOWING MAY OCCUR... WINDS GUSTS TO 80 MPH... HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS BEGINNING TO FORM ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT EAST CENTRAL OHIO... WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STRAGER
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:20 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>015-020>022- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021-022-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 520 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY... ARMSTRONG... BEAVER... BUTLER... CLARION... FAYETTE... FOREST... GREENE... LAWRENCE... MERCER... VENANGO... WASHINGTON AND WESTMORELAND. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE... HANCOCK... OHIO... MARION... MARSHALL... MONONGALIA AND WETZEL. IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... BELMONT... CARROL... COLUMBIANA... COSHOCTON... GUERNSEY... HARRISON... JEFFERSON... MONROE... MUSKINGUM... NOBLE AND TUSCARAWAS. IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA THE FOLLOWING MAY OCCUR... WINDS GUSTS TO 80 MPH... HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS BEGINNING TO FORM ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT EAST CENTRAL OHIO... WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STRAGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Harrison | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 3:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 8 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 8 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Harrison | 75 min |
| Jun 28, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Guernsey | 63 min |
| Jun 28, 7:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Harrison | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Noble | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 75 min |
| Jun 28, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Noble | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 56 min |
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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.