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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Wilmington, OH

December 30, 1990Butler County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 1990, 1:08 PM EST for Butler County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 1990, 1:08 PM EST (18:08 UTC)
Expired
Dec 30, 1990, 5:15 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Butler 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 12:00Z on 1990-12-30Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1990-12-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 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
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
337 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 KCVG 301809
FFWCVG
OHC017-302215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
108 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
          ...BUTLER
 
AT 100 PM BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLOODING STILL
OCCURING ALONG THE FOUR MILE AND INDIAN CREEKS IN NORTHERN BUTLER
COUNTY. BRIDGES WERE ALSO CLOSED AT EATON AND WARWICK ALSO OLD
HAMILTON AT WHEATON ROAD.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE FLOODING.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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 QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
KEENEY

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, Dec 30, 7:21 AM EST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
OHZ005-010-301420-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
720 AM EST SUN DEC 30 1990

...FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY...

RAIN COVERS MOST OF OHIO AND INDIANA THIS MORNING AND HAS CAUSED CREEKS
AND SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...FLOODING MANY ROADS OVER
THE AREA.

A COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED THROUGH WESTERN OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING IS
PUSHING TO THE EAST AS VERY COLD AIR SPILLS DOWN OUT OF CANADA INTO
THE MIDWEST. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAVE STARTED IS WESTERN INDIANA
WHILE SNOW IS BEING REPORTED IN ILLINOIS.

THE COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN OHIO LATER THIS MORNING CHANGING
THE RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN THEN TO SNOW. THIS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY AS UP TO 2 INCHES OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE MIAMI VALLEY.

SNOW WILL END LATE TONIGHT AS VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR SETTLES IN OVER THE
MIDWEST FOR THE NEXT @SEVERAL DAYS.

MS
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 9:46 AM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-301700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OHIO
946 AM EST SUN DEC 30 1990

...FLOOD WATCH EARLY TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA TODAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO
   FOR LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...

AT 930 THIS MORNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA
OF RAIN COVERING ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN
KENTUCKY. PATCHY AREAS OF HEAVIER RAIN WERE THROUGHOUT THIS AREA.

THE RAIN EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF COLUMBUS SOUTHWEST THROUGH CINCINNATI
TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. AT 900 AM ALL MOISTURE
WAS IN THE FORM OF RAIN. FREEZING RAIN WAS JUST WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANA AND EXTENDED WEST THROUGH ILLINOIS.

WITH THE CONTINUOUS RAIN ACROSS THE AREA SMALL STREAMS MAY BEGIN TO
SWELL AS WELL AS PONDING WATER OVER ROADWAYS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY HIGH
WATER PLEASE REPORT LOCATIONS TO THE LOCAL SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.

FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP FROM THE WEST LATE THIS MORNING AND SPREAD
EASTWARD AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. SLEET AND THEN SNOW WILL SOON FOLLOW BY
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

DRIVING WILL BECOME VERY DANGEROUS LATER TODAY. BY LATE TONIGHT...
ARCTIC AIR WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW ZERO AS
TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MIDDLE TEENS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AST CHANGING WEATHER MAY REQUIRE FURTHER
WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES CONCERNING RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW.

KEENEY
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 12:50 PM EST, 18 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-302000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OHIO
1250 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990

...FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY TODAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR ALL OF THE TRI STATE FOR THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING...

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON.
ALSO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE TRI STATE
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

AT 1230 PM RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...ALL OF
NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA. FREEZING RAIN WAS
FALLING OVER WESTERN INDIANA THROUGH ILLINOIS.

RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE AREA AS TEMPERATURES FALL.
RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WILL CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO
POSSIBLY BECOME BANKFULL. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD
STAY ALERT TO RISING WATER LEVELS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RA}DIO AS CHANGING WEATHER MAY REQUIRE FURTHER
WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES CONCERNING RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW.

KEENEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 9:14 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNMercer, Van Wert3 hr
Dec 29, 9:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke3 hr
Dec 30, 12:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAuglaize3 hr
Dec 30, 12:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke, Mercer, Van Wert3 hr
Dec 30, 12:53 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNCrawford, Morrow, Richland4 hr
Dec 30, 12:53 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAshland4 hr
Dec 30, 3:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAuglaize, Darke, Mercer, Van Wert3 hr
Dec 30, 3:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAllen, Hardin, Logan3 hr
Dec 30, 5:07 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAshland, Richland3 hr
Dec 30, 5:07 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNCrawford, Morrow3 hr
Dec 30, 9:25 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNMorrow3 hr
Dec 30, 9:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNGreene, Montgomery3 hr
Dec 30, 9:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNChampaign3 hr
Dec 30, 10:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNButler3 hr
Dec 30, 2:53 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNClinton, Warren4 hr
Dec 30, 3:16 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNHighland4 hr
Dec 30, 4:08 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Logan, Miami, Shelby4 hr
Dec 30, 4:08 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAllen, Auglaize, Hardin4 hr
Dec 30, 4:08 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke, Mercer, Van Wert4 hr
Dec 30, 4:08 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNMontgomery, Preble4 hr
Dec 30, 4:08 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNGreene4 hr
Dec 30, 4:28 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown3 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.