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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 4, 1993Crawford County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jan 4, 1993, 9:30 PM EST for Crawford County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 1993, 9:30 PM EST (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 1993, 12:30 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 00:00Z on 1993-01-05Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1993-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
108 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 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 KCLE 050234
FFWMFD
OHC005-033-083-117-139-050530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
ISSUED BY CLEVELAND OH
930 PM EST MON JAN 4 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ASHLAND COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY
   ...MORROW COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
AT 915 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAIN COVERING MUCH OF OHIO WHILE AN AREA
OF FAIRLY HEAVY RAINS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO INCLUDING
THE MANSFILED AREA.
 
THE RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTEED SOME UNDERPASSES
FLOODED AND NUMBER OF ROADS CLOSED.  STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE ALSO
RUNNING HIGH AND COVERING THE ROADS.
 
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL  ABOUT 1230 AM
TUESDAY MORNING.  HEAVY RAINS IN THE AREA WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
AROUND MIDNIGHT.
 
 
 
 
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.

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, Jan 4, 4:55 PM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-042345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
455 PM EST MON JAN 4 1993

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE CINCINNATI AREA TONIGHT...
AS RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 450 PM...WIDESPREAD AREAS OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED SHOWERS EXTENDED
FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS AND LOUISVILLE AREAS EAST THROUGH THE DAYTON
AND CINCINNATI AREAS TO NEAR COLUMBUS AND LEXINGTON. THE PRECIPITATION
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL PERSIST OVER ALL
OF THE CINCINNATI TRI-STATE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

RAINFALL REPORTS FROM OBSERVERS AND GAGE NETWORKS AROUND THE AREA
INDICATE THAT ABOUT ONE-HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE
CINCINNATI AREA SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN LATE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...AN
INCH OF RAIN WAS REPORTED AT SHARONVILLE IN THE NORTHERN SUBURBS.

TRAFFIC PROBLEMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED AS THE RAINS HAVE CAUSED PONDING
OF WATER ON MANY AREA ROADWAYS. RUSH HOUR MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...
AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AS DELAYS ARE CERTAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR ADD ITIONAL UPDATES ON THIS WET WEATHER SITUATION.

MSL
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 6:45 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-050145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
645 PM EST MON JAN 4 1993

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE CINCINNATI AREA TONIGHT
AS RAIN...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...CONTINUED TO FALL EARLY THIS EVENING.

AT 640 PM...WIDESPREAD AREAS OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED SHOWERS EXTENDED
FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS AND LOUISVILLE AREAS EAST THROUGH DAYTON AND
CINCINNATI OVER ALL OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO AND OVER ALL OF
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL PERSIST OVER ALL OF THE CINCINNATI TRI-STATE AREA THROUGHOUT
MUCH OF THE EVENING.

RAINFALL REPORTS FROM OBSERVERS AND GAGE NETWORKS AROUND THE GREATER
CINCINNATI AREA INDICATE THAT NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS.
THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED THUS FAR OVER NORTHERN
PARTS OF DEARBORN AND HAMILTON COUNTIES...WHERE CLOSE TO 1.2 INCHES
OF RAIN WERE OBSERVED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS.

PEOPLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLOOD-PRODUCING RAINS...AND SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING
IS OBSERVED. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION AS PONDING
OF WATER WILL BE FOUND ON AREA ROADWAYS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON THIS WET WEATHER SITUATION.

MSL
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 7:37 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
OHZ005-010-050230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
734 PM EST MON JAN 4 1993

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CENTAL OHIO AND THE
MIAMI VALLEY AT 730 PM.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN OVER THE
EASTERN HALF OF INDIANA...THE WESTERN HALF OF OHIO AND MOST OF
NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND RAIN
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN UNTIL LATER TONIGHT.

THE STANDING AND PONDING OF WATER HAD BEEN REPORTED ACROSS WESTERN
OHIO AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS OF STANDING...PONDING OR
RUNNING WATER. SINCE THE DEPlTH OF THE WATER MAY BE MUCH GREATER THAN
EXPECTED.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN OHIO TONIGHT AND THE RAIN AND
THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL TAPER-OFF AND END.

TORRENCE
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 7:46 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
OHZ005-010-050230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
734 PM EST MON JAN 4 1993

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CENTRAL OHIO AND THE
MIAMI VALLEY AT 730 PM.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN OVER THE
EASTERN HALF OF INDIANA...THE WESTERN HALF OF OHIO AND MOST OF
NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND RAIN
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN UNTIL LATER TONIGHT.

THE STANDING AND PONDING OF WATER HAD BEEN REPORTED ACROSS WESTERN
OHIO AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS OF STANDING...PONDING OR
RUNNING WATER.v SINCE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER MAY BE MUCH GREATER THAN
EXPECTED.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN OHIO TONIGHT AND THE RAIN AND
THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL TAPER-OFF AND END.

TORRENCE
...CORRECT SPEELING IN FIRST PARAGRAPH...
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 8:45 PM EST, 45 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-050345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
845 PM EST MON JAN 4 1993

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE CINCINNATI AREA TONIGHT
AS RAIN...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...CONTINUED TO FALL THIS EVENING.

AT 840 PM...WIDESPREAD AREAS OF RAIN EXTENDED FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS
AND LOUISVILLE AREAS EAST THROUGH DAYTON AND CINCINNATI TO NEAR
COLUMBUS AND THE WEST VIRGINIA BORDER. THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST TO
NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL PERSIST OVER ALL OF THE
CINCINNATI TRI-STATE AREA THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH SINCE MIDDAY HAVE BEEN COMMON
ACROSS THE CINCINNATI AREA...WITH 1.2 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED FROM
NOON TO 830 PM AT THE GREATER CINCINNATI AIRPORT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF CINCINNATI...WITH
1.72 INCHES MEASURED AT ANDERSON TOWNSHIP DURING THAT TIME.

THE CONTINUING RAINS EXPECTED TONIGHT MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS LOW-LYING AREAS. PEOPLE LIVING IN OR
NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOOD-PRODUCING
RAINS...AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING AROUND THE AREA TONIGHT AS STANDING
WATER WILL BE ENCOUNTERED ON AREA ROADWAYS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON THIS WET WEATHER SITUATION.

MSL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 9:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAshland, Knox, Morrow, Richland3 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.