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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 14, 1995Butler County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1995, 5:37 AM EDT for Butler County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 5:37 AM EDT (09:37 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 7:45 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Butler County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 292 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
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
395 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 140938
FFWILN
OHC017-141145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
537 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...BUTLER COUNTY
 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN BUTLER COUNTY REPORTED SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS WERE RISING OUT OF THEIR BANKS ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY. DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN IN THIS AREA BETWEEN 230 AND 500 AM. SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TAPERING OFF DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
 
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 THAN YOU
THINK...OR THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT COMPLETELY. DO NOT LET YOUR
CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES OR STREAMS.
 
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 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 8:18 PM EDT, 9 hours 19 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, 34 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, 5:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPike, Ross3 hr
May 14, 5:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown, Clermont, Highland3 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.