Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- July 22, 5:00 PM EST to 5:05 PM EST
- Where
- Pike County, Waverly
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -82.970
Trees downed.
Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 22, 1998
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ross
- When
- July 22, 5:25 PM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ross County, Chillicothe
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -82.980
Trees downed.
Flash Flood, Mercer
- When
- July 22, 8:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.540, -84.629 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall caused high water on county roads.
Flash Flood, Auglaize
- When
- July 22, 8:00 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Auglaize County, St Marys
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.561, -84.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall cause water to flood across county roads.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 22, 1998
- Flash Flood in Utah, July 22, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 22, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 22 to 28, 1998
- Heat in North Carolina, July 22 to 23, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 22, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 1998
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5657092, 5657093, 5657094, 5657095.