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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Wilmington, OH

November 14, 1993Allen County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Nov 14, 1993, 11:30 AM EST for Allen County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 1993, 11:30 AM EST (16:30 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 1993, 3:30 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Allen County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 12:00Z on 1993-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1993-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 532 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
532 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
543 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 KDAY 141629
FFWDAY
OHC003-011-021-037-065-091-107-109-149-142030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
1127 AM EST SUN NOV 14 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...AUGLAIZE COUNTY...CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
   ...DARKE COUNTY...HARDIN COUNTY...LOGAN COUNTY...MERCER COUNTY
   ...MIAMI COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY
 
SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN MOST OF WEST
CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY.
 
PEOPLE NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.
 
RAINS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS HAVE DEPOSITED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE MIAMI VALLEY. UNION CITY IN DARK
COUNTY REPORTED 3.54 INCHES IN 24 HOURS. THE COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICIALS IN
THE WARNED COUNTIES HAVE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND IN FIELDS...NUMEROUS CREEKS AT OR NEAR BANKFULL AND WATER
BEING REPORTED IN BASEMENTS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 1125 AM INDICATED THAT RAIN WILL BE
WITH THE WARNED AREA FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE POSSIBILITOF REDEVELOPEMENT TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THRU THE AREA.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WAFTER 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.
 
TIPTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 9:43 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAshland, Crawford, Morrow, Richland5 hr
Nov 14, 11:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAuglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Logan, Shelby4 hr
Nov 14, 11:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke, Miami4 hr
Nov 14, 11:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNMercer4 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.