Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1993, 4:40 AM EDT for Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1993, 4:40 AM EDT (08:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1993, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Van Wert County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAY 280842 FFWDAY OHC161-281045- FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 440 AM EDT MON JUN 28 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...VAN WERT COUNTY SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY THIS MORNING IN VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER VAN WERT COUNTY THIS MORNING WITH OVER TWO INCHES RECORDED BY THE COUNTY EMA. FURTHER RAINFALL WITH APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS. 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. SHARTRAN
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, Jun 28, 2:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 249 AM EDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 700 AM EST... AT 235 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM LIMA OHIO 105 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...TO 50 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. THESE STORMS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE MIDNIGHT EST AND THEY DO HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS... AND SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. . DIAN
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 300 AM EDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 800 AM EDT... AT 235 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM LIMA OHIO 105 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...TO 50 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. THESE STORMS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE MIDNIGHT EST AND THEY DO HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS... AND SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. . DIAN CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 300 AM EDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 800 AM EDT... AT 235 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM LIMA OHIO 105 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...TO 50 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. THESE STORMS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE MIDNIGHT EST AND THEY DO HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS... AND SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDIbTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. . DIAN CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:40 AM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 340 AM EDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 800 AM EDT... AT 330 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A 60 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO...TO 50 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. THESE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 230 PM EDT...BUT THEY STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCED FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. . DIAN
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:40 AM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 340 AM EDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 800 AM EDT... AT 330 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A 60 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO...TO 50 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. THESE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 230 PM EDT...BUT THEY STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCED FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. . DIAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 3:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen, Van Wert | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 5:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mercer | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 69 min |
| Jun 28, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 2:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Highland | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 63 min |
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.