Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 1990, 8:14 PM EST for Preble County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 1990, 8:14 PM EST (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 1990, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Preble 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 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 310119 COR
FFWDAY
OHC003-011-021-023-037-057-065-091-107-109-113-135-149-161-310315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
814 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL
STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EST MONDAY DEC 31
FOR THE 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 8 PM FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS WESTERN OHIO AND THE MIAMI
VALLEY. ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN
OHIO THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...THE RUNOFF
FROM THE PREVIOUS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO KEEP STREAMS AND CREEKS
OUT OF THIER BANKS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
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.
THIS EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING WHICH EXPIRED AT 815 PM EST
SUNDAY DEC 30, 1990.
TORRENCE
...CORRECTED WORDING SECOND PARAGRAPH...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, 7:58 PM EST, 16 minutes before
OHZ005-010-DD0230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 800 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE OR RAIN HAD BEEN REPORTED OVER WESTERN OHIO BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM EST. THE RAIN OR DRIZZLE HAD STARTED TO FREEZE ON EXPOSED METAL SURFACE AND WITH THE TEMPERATURES ON THE DECREASE...OTHER SURFACE WILL GRADUALLY BE AFFECTED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA... ESPECIALLY AROUND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...SINCE THEY SHOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST AREAS AFFECTED. REMEMBER A LITTLE FREEZING PRECIPITATION GOES A LONG WAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING LATER TONIGHT. TORRENCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 7:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Highland | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Allen, Auglaize, Hardin, Van Wert | 2 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Mercer | 2 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Miami | 2 hr |
| Dec 31, 8:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Montgomery, Preble | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 8:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Allen, Auglaize, Hardin, Logan | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 8:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami, Shelby | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 8:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mercer, Van Wert | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 8:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Greene | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.