Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 1990, 1:27 AM EDT for Highland County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1990, 1:27 AM EDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1990, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 170530 COR
FFWCVG
KYC023-161-191-OHC015-025-071-170730-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING ..CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
127 AM EDT THU MAY 17 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
...BRACKEN...MASON...PENDLETON
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
...BROWN...CLERMONT...HIGHLAND
AT 115 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN JUST EAST OF THE CINCINNATI AREA. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO TO
FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
HIGH WATER HAS CLOSED ROADS IN MANY FLOOD PRONE AREAS AROUND THE
TRISTATE THIS MORNING.
FALMOUTH POLICE REPORTED THE LICKING RIVER RISING AT A RATE OF
ONE FOOT PER HOUR...WITH A STAGE OF FIFTEEN FEET OBSERVED AT 1 AM EDT.
STATE CREWS WERE ALSO WORKING TO CLOSE ROADS IN BROWN COUNTY
OHIO...ONE OF WHICH WAS STATE ROUTE 50 ALONG THE LITTLE MIAMI RIVER
WHICH WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AT MIAMIVILLE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
MANUEL
$$
..CORRECTED FOR TIME IN TEXT..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 16, 7:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 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, 4 hours 34 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, 3 hours 34 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, 1 hour 50 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
Special weather statement, May 17, 12:34 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-170535 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1232 AM EDT THU MAY 17 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON AND CLERMONT COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1245 AM EDT...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT...OTHER FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN OHIO TONIGHT. CLERMONT COUNTY OHIO COMMUNICATIONS REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN THE STONE LICK PARK AREA...AND HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN AND HAIL THE SIZE OF A QUARTER AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THOSE AREA SHORTLY MIDNIGHT. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OFTER CINCINNATI OHIO TO EAST OF BOWLOMG GREEN KENTUCKY AT 1225 AM EDT. RAINFALL HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT. 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 | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 57 min |
| 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, 1:49 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.