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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 12, 1989Brown County, Highland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 1989, 9:21 PM EDT for Brown County, Highland County, Ohio. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1989, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1989, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brown County, OH, Highland County, OH

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Jul 12, 5:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
533 PM EDT WED JUL 12 1989

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL WAS MOVING INTO PART OF WESTERN OHIO AT 530 PM EDT.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM OVER WAYNE COUNTY
INDIANA JUST TO EAST OF PREBLE AND DARKE COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST DARKE AND NORTHWEST PREBLE
COUNTIES BY 6 PM EDT.  THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

PEOPLE LIVING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

TORRENCE
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
615 PM EDT WED JUL 12 1989

AT 610 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PREBLE COUNTY IN
OHIO.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST...
AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF BUTLER
COUNTY BY 700 PM EDT.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

IF THIS STORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS.  IF CAUGHT
OUT IN THE OPEN...TAKE SHELTER IN YOUR CAR OR IN A BUILDING.  STAY
TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO STATION OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS.
GOLDEN
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
715 PM EDT WED JUL 12 1989

AT 710 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS DEARBORN COUNTY
INDIANA AND BUTLER COUNTY OHIO.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT TO
MOVE INTO HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

IF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS.  IF CAUGHT
OUT IN THE OPEN...TAKE SHELTER IN YOUR CAR OR IN A BUILDING.  STAY
TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO STATION OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS.
GOLDEN
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  COLUMBUS OH
725 PM EDT WED JUL 12 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 720 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM MC CONNELSVILLE TO LOGAN TO KINGSTON.
THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN HOCKING COUNTY
AROUND LAURELVILLE AND NORTHERN ROSS COUNTY OVER KINGSTON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS... DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING... AND SMALL HAIL.  PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD KEEP
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE COVER QUICKLY.

HOLMES
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
730 PM EDT WED JUL 12 1989

AT 715 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS WARREN AND CLINTON
COUNTIES IN OHIO.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHERN
HIGHLAND COUNTY IN OHIO.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDER/
PASSES MAY OCCUR DUE TO HEAVY RAINS.

IF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS.  DO NOT
TRY TO DRIVE ON ROADS THAT ARE UNDER WATER.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO STATION AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS.
GOLDEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Highland69 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.