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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 23, 1989Preble County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 1989, 7:36 AM EDT for Preble County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 1989, 7:36 AM EDT (11:36 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1989, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Preble County, OH

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1989-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1989-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDAY 231136
FFWDAY
OHC135-231445-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
736 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL 
STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN 
THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF OHIO
      PREBLE

AT 730 AM THE PREBLE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED ELK CREEK IN SOUTHEAST
PREBLE COUNTY WAS COMING OUT OF ITS BANKS. BASEMENT HAD BEEN
REPORTED FLOODED IN THIS AREA.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

 TORRENCE

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, May 23, 5:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
530 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 1989

AT 500 AM EDT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD BEEN RECORDED AT DAYTON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

NEARLY TWO INCHES(1.99) OF RAIN HAD BEEN RECORDED AT DAYTON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED
MANY AREAS OF STANDING OR PONDS OF WATER. HEAVY RAIN HAS ALSO OCCURRED
OVER DARKE...MIAMI...CLARK AND GREENE COUNTIES. THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS
OF THESE COUNTIES ALSO REPORTED AREAS OF STANDING AND PONDING WATER.

THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER-OFF AND END THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...PEOPLE
LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES.

MOTORIS@T ARE ALSO URGED TO USE CAUTION AND NOT TO DRIVE INTO AREA OF
STANDING WATER.

TORRENCE

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.