Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1993, 6:46 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Ohio. It was in force for 104 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1993, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1993, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 104 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 531 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 KCVG 142248 FFWCVG OHC061-150030- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 646 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST OHIO ...HAMILTON COUNTY NUMEROUS ROADS REMAINED CLOSED THROUGHOUT CINCINNATI AND ITS SUBURBS DUE TO HIGH WATER. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE IN MOUNT AIRY HAS RECORDED 2.57 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 400 PM EDT. COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS THROUGHOUT HAMILTON COUNTY REPORTED AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE SEVERE STORMS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE COUNTY...HOWEVER RUNOFF PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE AS THE RAIN CONTINUES TO RUN OFF INTO LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD DEATHS ARE THE RESULT OF EITHER DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS OR CHILDREN PLAYING IN FLOODED AREAS. NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER LEVEL MAY BE MUCH DEEPER THAT YOU THINK...OR THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT COMPLETELY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES OR STREAMS. PYTLAK
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 14, 4:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-142130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 440 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOONE...KENTON AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 530 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 500 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT (1000 PM EST) FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH BOONE AND KENTON COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...WITH ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 22 MILES AN HOUR. . THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE PRODUCING TORENTIAL DOWNPOURS. AS A STORM MOVED THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA...IT PRODUCED ONE INCH OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES OVER BATESVILLE INDIANA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES...BUT IT DOES NOT TAKE A TORNADO TO PRODUCE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FORM WINDOWS OR IN A BASEMENT IN THE CENTER OF A BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. DIAN
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-142130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 440 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOONE...KENTON AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 530 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 500 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT (1000 PM EST) FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH BOONE AND KENTON COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...WITH ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 22 MILES AN HOUR. . THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE PRODUCING TORENTIAL DOWNPOURS. AS A STORM MOVED THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA...IT PRODUCED ONE INCH OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES OVER BATESVILLE INDIANA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES...BUT IT DOES NOT TAKE A TORNADO TO PRODUCE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FORM WINDOWS OR IN A BASEMENT IN THE CENTER OF A BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. DIAN
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 453 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FROM COLUMBUS NORTH HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTH AND WEST OF A XENIA TO COLUMBUS TO LANCASTER AND MCARTHUR. THIS NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEWARK TO LANCASTER TO NEAR CHILLICOTHE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF LICKING...FAIRFIELD...AND ROSS COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED SOMEWHAT...BUT STILL COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. GROH
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 453 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FROM COLUMBUS NORTH HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTH AND WEST OF A XENIA TO COLUMBUS TO LANCASTER AND MCARTHUR. THIS NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEWARK TO LANCASTER TO NEAR CHILLICOTHE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF LICKING...FAIRFIELD...AND ROSS COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED SOMEWHAT...BUT STILL COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. GROH
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 457 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FROM COLUMBUS NORTH HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTH AND WEST OF A XENIA TO COLUMBUS TO LANCASTER AND MCARTHUR LINE. THIS NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEWARK TO LANCASTER TO NEAR CHILLICOTHE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF LICKING...FAIRFIELD...AND ROSS COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED SOMEWHAT...BUT STILL COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. GROH CORRECTED WORDING IN FIRST PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 457 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FROM COLUMBUS NORTH HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTH AND WEST OF A XENIA TO COLUMBUS TO LANCASTER AND MCARTHUR LINE. THIS NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEWARK TO LANCASTER TO NEAR CHILLICOTHE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF LICKING...FAIRFIELD...AND ROSS COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED SOMEWHAT...BUT STILL COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. GROH CORRECTED WORDING IN FIRST PARAGRAPH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 4:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 41 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.