Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1990, 11:48 PM EDT for Clermont County, Hamilton County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1990, 11:48 PM EDT (03:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1990, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clermont County, OH, Hamilton 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCVG 170349
FFWCVG
OHC025-061-170445-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
1148 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
...CLERMONT...HAMILTON
AT 1130 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER HAMILTON AND
CLERMONT COUNTIES OF OHIO...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CINCINNATI.
REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WERE REPORTED OVER WEST
HAMITON COUNTY AT 1130 THIS EVENING. ALSO...REPORTS OF SEVERAL ROADS
WERE CLOSED IN EAST HAMILTON COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAYy INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
MANUELWhat 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 16, 6:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-162345 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 655 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND ALL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 11PM EDT... AT 730 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA SOUTHEAST TO MIDWAY KENTUCKY WHICH IS 50 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE. THE HEAVIEST OF RAIN IS 15 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE. THIS RAIN AREA IS 90 MILES WIDE. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE CINCINNATI AREA AROUND 8 PM BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. PLEASE LISTEN TO LOCAL TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KEENEY
Special weather statement, May 16, 7:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-162345 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 745 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND ALL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 11PM EDT. AT 730 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. OTHER HEAVY SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM MONTGOMERY TO CAMPBELLSBURG...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN WILL FALL OVER MUCH OF THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE BETWEEN NOW AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST OF THE SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY BEFORE 9 PM EDT FROM OWENTON TO DRY RIDGE AND SOUTH ALONG INTERSTATE 75. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MANUEL
Special weather statement, May 16, 8:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-160145 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 856 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND ALL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 11PM EDT. AT 830 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM FALMOUTH SOUTH TO LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. OTHER HEAVY SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA FROM FRENCH LICK SOUTHEAST TO RICHMOND. HEAVY SHOWERS WERE ALSO FALLING OVER THE CINCINNATI AREA THEN EAST 75 MILES. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WILL BE MOVING EAST. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY BY 10PM. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTyY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. KEENEY
Special weather statement, May 16, 9:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-160245 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 955 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY... AT 930 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CINCINNATI SOUTHWEST TO MONTGOMERY INDIANA WHICH IS 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPIBLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING FROM TERRE HAUTE INDIANA EAST TO CHILLICOTHE OHIO. THE AREA WAS 60 MILES WIDE. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS GENERALLY TO THE EAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNING AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST. KEENEY
Special weather statement, May 16, 11:37 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-170436 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1134 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT. AT 1130 PM EDT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR CINCINNATI SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG THE OHIO RIVER TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. AS STORMS MOVE INTO SWITZERLAND AND OHIO COUNTIES OF INDIANA...AND GALLATIN...BOONE AND KENTON COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY WIND SPEEDS COULD REACH OVER 45 MILES AND HOUR...OVER A HALF INCH OF RAINFALL WITH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND LIGHTNING STRIKES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. VERSAILLES INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED WATER ON THE STREET ON ROUTED 62 AT FRIENDSHIP INDIANA AT 1120 PM EDT. ALSO...REMEMBER THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES UNTIL 5 AM EDT...AmND A FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHERN OHIO TONIGHT. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS STORM APPROACH YOUR AREA...AND DONT TRY TO WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER OVER YOUR KNEES. SAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 11:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Preble | 3 hr |
| May 16, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 57 min |
| May 17, 1:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 2 hr |
| May 17, 1:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Highland | 2 hr |
| May 17, 1:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 3 hr |
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.