1983 Thunderstorm and Tornado Event Advisories

June

Saturday, June 18, 1983
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
305AM EDT SAT JUN 18 1983
AT 3AM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT PORT COLUMBUS INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN PICKAWAY COUNTY OF CENTRAL OHIO DRIFTING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL MAY BE
EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDEARSTORMS COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAIN..FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS MAY BECOME A PROBLEM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
350AM EDT SAT JUN 18 1983
AT 345AM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT PORT COLUMBUS
INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST FRANKLIN..NORTHERN PICKAWAY AND WESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTIES OF CENTRAL OHIO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
625PM EDT MON JUL 18 1983
...THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN IN CENTRAL OHIO...
AT 620PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF FRANKLIN..LICKING..PICKAWAY AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO.
BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ONE HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN REYNOLDSBURG OHIO..IN EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
812PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1983
.....THUNDERSTORMS SHOWING UP IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO....
AT 805PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS SHOWED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO. HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THURSTON IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODINNG OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS AS THEY DRIFT TOWARD THE NORTH AT ONLY AROUND 10 MPH. FREQUENT VIVID LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY SOON.

Thursday, June 30, 1983
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
245 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1983
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF
CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 8PM EDT...
AT 245 PM EDT THE COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL OHIO. THIS LINE RAN FROM SANDUSKY..
SOUTH THROUGH MARION OHIO TO WILMINGTON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
BREIF HEAVY RAIN...STONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN CENTRAL OHIO AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST THROUGH THE AREA.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
350PM EDT THU JUN 30 1983
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 8PM EDT...
AT 350 PM THE COLUMBUS RADAR SHOWED AT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF OHIO FROM PORT CLINTON ACROSS DELAWARE ..COLUMBUS AND WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING[ AND POSSIBLE
HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN CENTRAL OHIO AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

BULLETIN--IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OHIO
623PM EDT THU JUN 30 1983 EXPIRES 7PM
COUNTIES AFFECTED OH PICKAWAY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7PM EDT FOR PICKAWAY COUNTY OF CENTRAL OHIO.
A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED EAST OF WASHINGTON C.H. OF FAYETTE
COUNTY OF CENTRAL OHIO AND A TOUCHDOWN AT 620PM EDT DEER CREEK STATE PARK AND WILLIAMSPORT IN PICKAWAY COUNTY.

July

Friday, July 1, 1983
BULLETIN--IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
400 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 1983 EXPIRES 500 PM
COUNTIES AFFECTED OH DELEWARE
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR DELEWARE COUNTY OF CENTRAL OHIO.
AT 355 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING DELEWARE COUNTY. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

BULLETIN--IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
410 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 1983 EXPIRES 500 PM
COUNTIES AFFECTED OH FRANKLIN
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY OF CENTRAL OHIO.
AT 405 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING FRANKLIN COUNTY. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

BULLETIN--IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
430 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 1983 EXPIRES 530 PM
COUNTIES AFFECTED OH LICKING
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR LICKING COUNTY OF OHIO
AT 425 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MPH THROUGH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY. 3/4 TO ONE INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
530 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 1983
AT 525 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MANSFIELD SOUTH TO NORTHERN PICKAWAY COUNTY OF CENTRAL OHIO MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CENTERED OVER EXTREME EASTERN LICKING AND WAS DECREASING IN INTENSITY.
NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM SPOTTERS DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES. HOWEVER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

Sunday, July 3, 1983
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
340PM EDT SUN JUL 3 1983
AT 335PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT PORT COLUMBUS
INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM DAYTON OH TO MANCHESTER OH MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR. AT ITS PRESENT SPEED AND DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT THIS AREA SHOULD MOVE ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER 5PM IN THE WEST AND ENDING AROUND 7PM IN THE EAST.

Monday, July 4, 1983
BULLETIN--IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
340PM EDT MON JUL 4 1983 EXPIRES 430PM
COUNTIES AFFECTED OH UNION
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430PM EDT FOR UNION COUNTY OF CENTRAL OHIO.
AT 335PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF RAYMOND IN UNION COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

Sunday, July 17, 1983
BULLETIN--IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
435 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 1983 EXPIRES 535PM
COUNTIES AFFECTED OH FRANKLIN
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 535PM EDT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO.
AT 435PM EDT THE COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ESE AT 20 MPH. 3/4 INCH HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED IN THIS STORM.

EVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
535PM EDT SUN JUL 17 1983
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN
COUNTY OHIO EXPIRED AT 535PM.
ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OBSERVED ON THE RADAR AT 535PM..NO FURTHER REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN SOME PARTS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY..HOWEVER IT SHOULD RECEDE FAIRLY RAPIDLY AFTER THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ON TO THE SOUTHEAST.
AT 535 PM EDT THE COLUMBUS RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM
COLUMBUS TO DAYTON. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

Tuesday, July 19, 1983
BULLETIN--IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
555 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1983 EXPIRES 7 PM
COUNTIES AFFECTED OH PICKAWAY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7PM EDT FOR PICKAWAY COUNTY OF OHIO
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY MOVING INTO PICKAWAY COUNTY OF OHIO.

Wednesday, July 20, 1983
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
645PM EDT WED JUL 20 1983
...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPES OVER UNION COUNTY....
AT 640PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED A VERY
HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST UNION COUNTY OF OHIO.
THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
715PM EDT WED JUL 20 1983
...THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD DELAWARE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO...
AT 710PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS SHOWED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVING OUT OF UNION COUNTY...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST DELAWARE COUNTY AND NORTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY BEFORE 8PM EDT.
THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WIMDS..
AND SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH.

Thursday, July 21, 1983
BULLETIN--IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
820PM EDT THU JUL 21 1983 EXPIRES 930PM
COUNTIES AFFECTED OH LICKING MUSKINGUM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930PM EDT FOR LICKING AND MUSKINGUM COUNTIES OF OHIO.
AT 820PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO LICKING AND MUSKINGUM COUNTIES OF OHIO.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
1150PM EDT THU JUL 21 1983
...MORE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
AT 1145PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF MARION COUNTY OHIO AND DELAWARE COUNTY OHIO. THIS IS THE LEADING EDGE OF THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS NORTH INTO LOWER MICHIGAN.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND FREQUENT VIVID LIGHTNING.
THE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH..AND THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH.

Friday, July 22, 1983
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
145AM EDT FRI JUL 22 1983
...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL OHIO...
AT 140AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS SHOWED THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXTENDING FROM MADISON..UNION..AND MARION COUNTY ACROSS DELAWARE..FRANKLIN..LICKING..MUSKINGUM..AND PERRY COUNTY...ALL IN CENTRAL OHIO.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS VIVID LIGHTNING..AND SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
640PM EDT FRI JUL 22 1983
...SAME OLD STORY..MORE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL OHIO...
AT 635PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MORROW COUNTY OHIO ACROSS LICKING COUNTY OHIO...AND A LONE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY OHIO.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR..AND COULD BRING BRIEF PlERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH.

Sunday, July 24, 1983
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
1215AM EDT SUN JUL 24 1983
AT 1210 AM EDT RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO.
THERE WAS A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH DELAWARE COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO XENIA. THERE WERE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAIRFIELD AND HOCKING COUNTIES.
THESE STORMS WERE TRACKED MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH.

August

Thursday, August 18, 1983
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
415AM EDT THU AUG 18 1983
AT 410AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY OF CENTRAL OHIO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY AND METROPOLITAN COLUMBUS UNTIL ABOUT 515AM.

Sunday, August 21, 1983
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
935PM EDT SUN AUG 21 1983
...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL OHIO...
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO.
VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...AND ONE HALF
INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY..AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN. VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

Sunday, August 28, 1983
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
240PM EDT SUN AUG 28 1983
AT 240PM EDT THE COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM WHEELING WVA. ACROSS COLUMBUS AND DAYTON. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. RAINFALL AT PORT COLUMBUS TOTALLED .93 OF AN INCH. THIS AMOUNT FELL IN ABOUT A ONE HOUR PERIOD.

Wednesday, August 31, 1983
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
950AM EDT WED AUG 31 1983
AT 950 AM EDT THE COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO NORTH OF COLUMBUS. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM URBANA ACROSS MARYSVILLE..DELAWARE..AND MT VERNON, EASTWARD INTO HOLMES AND NORTHERN COSHOCTON COUNTIES.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH AND MAYPRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAIN..DANGER)OUS LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBE HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA LATE THIS MORNING.