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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 28, 1994Campbell County, Pendleton County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jan 28, 1994, 4:00 AM EST for Campbell County, Pendleton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 1994, 4:00 AM EST (09:00 UTC)
Expired: Jan 28, 1994, 8:00 AM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Campbell County, KY, Pendleton County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 384 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 442 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 KCVG 280914 COR
FFWCVG
KYC015-023-037-077-081-117-161-187-191-OHC015-017-025-027-061-165-
281300-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
413 AM EST FRI JAN 28 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS EFFECTIVE UNTIL
800 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTH KENTUCKY
   ...BOONE COUNTY...BRACKEN COUNTY...CAMPBELL COUNTY
   ...GALLATIN COUNTY...GRANT COUNTY...KENTON COUNTY...MASON COUNTY
   ...OWEN COUNTY...PENDLETON COUNTY


IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
   ...BROWN COUNTY...BUTLER COUNTY...CLERMONT COUNTY
   ...CLINTON COUNTY...HAMILTON COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CINCINNATI METRO AREA.

WIDESPREAD SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS
SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
FLOODED ROADS...BASEMENTS...AND CREEKS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. BETWEEN
0.75 AND 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA SINCE
THURSDAY MORNING. ALL THAT RAIN WAS NOW RUNNING OFF INTO POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

MAJOR RIVER SYSTEMS THIS MORNING WERE ALSO RISING AND CAUSING PROBLEMS
OF THEIR OWN...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LICKING AND GREAT MIAMI RIVERS.
WATER FROM THESE SWOLLEN RIVERS WAS BACKING UP INTO SOME SMALLER
CREEKS AND STREAMS.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS MORNING AS THEY HEAD
OFF TO WORK.  IF A BARRACE IS BLOCKING A ROAD...IT IS THERE FOR A
REASON. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE AROUND IT.

NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY. YOU CAN EASILY
BECOME STRANDED OR TRAPPED. THE DEPTH OF WATER IS NOT ALWAYS
OBVIOUS. IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT THE ROAD CONDITION OR THE WATER
LEVEL AHEAD OF YOU...TURN nAROUND AND TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE.

PYTLAK
CORRECTED FOR DURATION OF RAIN IN 2ND PARAGRAPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 28, 1:55 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Gallatin, Grant, Owen	2 hr
Jan 28, 4:00 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Gallatin, Grant, Owen	4 hr
Jan 28, 4:00 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Bracken, Mason	4 hr
Jan 28, 4:00 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Boone, Kenton	4 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.