Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Wilmington, OH
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.
- 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
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.
KEENEYWhat 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 9:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mercer, Van Wert | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 9:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Mercer, Van Wert | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Crawford, Morrow, Richland | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Ashland | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Van Wert | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Allen, Hardin, Logan | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Ashland, Richland | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Crawford, Morrow | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Morrow | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Highland | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:08 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Logan, Miami, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:08 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Allen, Auglaize, Hardin | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:08 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Mercer, Van Wert | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:08 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:08 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Greene | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Brown | 3 hr |
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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.