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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 14, 1995Pike County, Ross County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1995, 5:27 AM EDT for Pike County, Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 5:27 AM EDT (09:27 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 8:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILN 140928
FFWILN
OHC141-131-141230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
527 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ROSS COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH OHIO
 
   ...PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 520 AM EDT...WIDEPSPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DROPPING
HEAVY RAINS OVER ROSS AND INTO PIKE COUNTIES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE RAIN
HAVE FALLEN OVER ROSS AND PIKE COUNTIES BETWEEN 415 AND 515 AM.
 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN ROSS COUNTY REPORTED WATER WAS FLOWING OVER
SOME ROADWAYS.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BRINGING ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINS...WILL PERSIST ACROSS PIKE AND ROSS COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST 700
AM...ADDING TO THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY
CAUSE SMALL STREAM AND CREEKS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
 
AVOID CROSSING FLOWING WATER...EITHER IN YOUR CAR OR ON FOOT. THE
SWIFT CURRENT CAN SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET OR CARRY YOUR CAR AWAY.
STAY AWAY FROM DRAINS...DITCHES...AND LOW SPOTS. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
HYSELL

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.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 13, 8:18 PM EDT, 9 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 8:18 PM EDT, 9 hours 9 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
820 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995

LTST SFC ANLYS SHWS DEEP LO PRES OVR SW MN WITH WRMFNT EXTNDG SE
ACRS WRN IL THRU WRN KY. SGT/SVR STMS HV DVLPD N OF WRMFNT ACRS NRN
IL. WRMFNT LIFTS NE INTO OH OVRNGT WITH H85 50 KT JET PUNCHING INTO W
CNTRL OH AT 06Z. XPCT CNVTN TO DVLP ACRS WRN OH AFTR MDNGT AND INTO
CNTRL OH OVRNGT. WITH STG H85 JET CROSSING WRMFNT SVR TSTMS WL BE PSBL
OVRNGT. TEMP WISE...SW OH(CVG & DAY) ARE NR LOWS WITH TEMPS NR DWPT
TEMPS. TEMPS WL LKLY RISE A FEW DEGS LT TNGT WITH SW OH BCMG WRM
SECTORED OVRNGT.

CVG 61/84/58  6/3/2
DAY 60/83/59  7/4/2
CMH 59/84/58  7/4/2

RANDALL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 5:03 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
INZ074-058-066-075-073-080-059-050-141000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
502 AM EDT (402 AM EST) SUN MAY 14 1995

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST AND EXIT THE REGION BY 630 AM EDT (530 AM EST). ANY LINGERING
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...SO AS A
RESULT...THE TOR NADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

HYSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 12:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Scioto68 min
May 14, 1:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Madison, Pickaway45 min
May 14, 1:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Warren40 min
May 14, 1:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton39 min
May 14, 1:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene50 min
May 14, 2:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren41 min
May 14, 2:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking, Ross52 min
May 14, 2:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Pickaway48 min
May 14, 2:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer39 min
May 14, 2:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Licking47 min
May 14, 2:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown54 min
May 14, 2:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan, Shelby47 min
May 14, 3:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMarion, Morrow53 min
May 14, 3:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown52 min
May 14, 3:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble49 min
May 14, 3:18 AM EDTTornado WarningILNDarke, Preble27 min
May 14, 3:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton32 min
May 14, 3:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Montgomery53 min
May 14, 3:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren46 min
May 14, 3:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene41 min
May 14, 4:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Madison53 min
May 14, 4:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton27 min
May 14, 5:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown, Clermont, Highland3 hr
May 14, 5:37 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler2 hr
May 14, 6:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNScioto3 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.