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Flash Flood Warning 111, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 4, 1995Franklin County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT for Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 9:06 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin 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 102 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 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 93 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 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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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 Jul 4, 3:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 3:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
305 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995

LINE OF RW/TRW DEV FM IND-SDF WITH THE STRONGER TSTMS IN KY WHERE SUN
HAS BEEN ABLE TO INC INSTABILITY.  LATEST ADAP CHARTS SHOWS LI`S OF
-4 TO -6...WK SFC MOISTURE CONV OVER CWA WITH BEST CONV IN W IN AND
E IL...ALONG WITH NO CAP.  LOW CLDS STILL HANGG TUF ACROSS S AND C IN
BUT PLENTY OF HOLES OVER SW OH AND N KY WITH TEMPS 80-85.  EXPECT
LINE OF STORMS INTO CWA BY LT AFT...ALSO THERE ARE OTHER STORMS OVER
N KY HEADG INTO SC OH WHICH WERE PRODUCG VERY HEAVY RAIN.

40-50 PCT POPS O.K. FOR TNGT SO FIREWORK'S DISPLAYS WL BE TOUCH N GO.
FOR WED AND THU A DIFFERENT STORY AS MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH
GREATER SEVERITY.  STRONG LOW PRESSURE LIFTS INTO UPPER MIDWEST...
INCS THE FLOW AT ALL LVLS OVER CWA.  AREAS OF PVA MOVE THROUGH ENHANCG
UVV.  THE UNCERTAINTY IS HOW MUCH SS WL DEV TO INC INSTABILITY SINCE
MOISTURE ABUNDANT WITH DWPTS ALREADY IN THE LOW 70S!  LIKELY CAT FOR
POPS LOOK GOOD FOR WED BUT BELIEVE FWC MOS POPS SHOULD BE RAISED FOR
THU INTO AT LEAST 50-60 PCT RANGE.
HIGHER FAN MOS POPS MAY BE WAY TO GO FOR THU.

CVG  71/85/71/86
DAY  70/84/71/85
CMH  70/86/71/86

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren39 min
Jul 4, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison37 min
Jul 4, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin46 min
Jul 4, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Licking68 min

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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.