Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 1994, 12:32 AM EDT for Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky; Hamilton County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 1994, 12:32 AM EDT (04:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1994, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Campbell County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Hamilton County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCVG 290435 FFWCVG KYC037-117-OHC061-290530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1232 AM EDT MON AUG 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH KENTUCKY ...CAMPBELL COUNTY...KENTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO ...HAMILTON COUNTY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS. HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO POLICE STATED SCATTERED REPORTS OF HIGH WATER ON ROADS AND SOME REPORTS OF FLOODED BASEMENTS. AT 1230 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THE BACK EDGE OF AN 80 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS PUSHING THOUGH HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO AND FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED ABOUT 0.70 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 1130 PM EDT. RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE CINCINNATI TRI STATE ARE MEASURING CLOSE TO 3 INCHES SINCE 900 PM EDT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASHD FLOODS. IF 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. DIAN &
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, Aug 28, 10:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-290315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1008 PM EDT (908 PM EST) SUN AUG 28 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE TRISTATE. AT 1000 PM EDT/900 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 100 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI TO 125 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA FROM SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY TO OHIO COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY OHIO. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN OSGOOD INDIANA AT 908 PM EST. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR..FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. JOHNSTONE
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 10:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-290330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1033 PM EDT (933 PM EST) SUN AUG 28 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TRISTATE. BETWEEN 1015 AND 1030 PM EDT NEARLY A HALF INCH OF RAIN FELL HERE AT THE CINCINNATI NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ELSEWHERE AROUND THE TRISTATE...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM BUTLER COUNTY OHIO...THROUGH THE CITY OF CINCINNATI INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY. MOVENT OF ALL PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELLING ACROSS THE TRISTATE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS EXPECT THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING BLINDING RAINS...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. JOHNSTONE
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 10:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-290330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1038 PM EDT (938 PM EST) SUN AUG 28 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TRISTATE. BETWEEN 1015 AND 1030 PM EDT NEARLY A HALF INCH OF RAIN FELL HERE AT THE CINCINNATI NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ELSEWHERE AROUND THE TRISTATE...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM BUTLER COUNTY OHIO...THROUGH THE CITY OF CINCINNATI INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT OF ALL PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELLING ACROSS THE TRISTATE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS EXPECT THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING BLINDING RAINS...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. JOHNSTONE CORRECTED TYPO IN THIRD PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 11:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-290415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1107 PM EDT (1007 PM EST) SUN AUG 28 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS THE TRISTATE. REPORTS FROM AROUND THE TRISTATE INDICATE ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE EARLIER THIS EVENING ACROSS A GOOD DEAL OF THE AREA. AT 1103 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING ACROSS WARREN AND CLINTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...AS WELL AS DEARBORN COUNTY INDIANA. MOVEMENT OF ALL PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 100 AM EDT. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A ROAD WHICH IS COVERED WITH WATER. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY...AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. JOHNSTONE
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 11:39 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-290445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1137 PM EDT (1037 PM EST) SUN AUG 28 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO ROLL THROUGH PARTS OF THE CINCINANTI TRI STATE. AT 1130 PM EDT (1030 PM EST)...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN 85 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS...SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHT RAIN EXTENDING FROM COLUMBUS OHIO...TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN SOUTHEAST RIPLEY COUNTY INDIANA...MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST DEARBORN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN HAMILTON AND BUTLER COUNTIES IN OHIO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING MOSTLY EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE ENTIRE BAND OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...IT IS BEST TO MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DIAN
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 12:13 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-290515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1211 AM EDT (1111 PM EST) MON AUG 29 1994 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DUMP HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE TRISTATE. AT 1207 AM EDT/1107 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST OHIO AND MOST OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA. MOVEMENT OF ALL PRECIPITAION WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL TOTALS OF BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES SINCE 700 PM EDT ARE COMMON ACROSS SOUTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF THIS TIME...HOWEVER MANY ROADWAYS DID HAVE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO PUSH EAST OUT OF THE TRISTATE AFTER 100 AM EDT/MIDNIGHT EST. UNTIL THEN BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. JOHNSTONE
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.