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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 1990, 4:08 PM EST for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 1990, 4:08 PM EST (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 1990, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Logan County, OH, Miami County, OH, Shelby 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 KDAY 302112
FFWDAY
OHC003-011-021-023-037-057-065-091-107-109-113-135-149-161-310115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
408 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL
STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF OHIO
ALLEN...AUGLAIZE...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...DARKE...GREENE...
HARDIN...LOGAN...MERCER...MIAMI...MONTGOMERY...PREBLE...
SHELBY...VAN WERT
AT 4 PM FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE
MIAMI VALLEY. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DECREASED WE STILL HAVE
TO CONTEND WITH THE RUNOFF AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE
SMALL STREAM AND CREEKS ALONG WITH RIVERS OUT OF THEIR BANKS
FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT.
WE HAVE HAD TWO INCHES AND EIGHT THREE HUNDREDS (2.83) INCHES
AT THE AIRPORT SINCE MIDNIGHT AS OF 330 PM.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
JDDWhat 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, 12:50 PM EST, 3 hours 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, 1:08 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler | 4 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 | 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 |
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.