Flash Flood Warning 140, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Aug 8, 1995, 5:41 AM EDT (09:41 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 1995, 9:45 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Darke County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KILN 080940
FFWILN
OHC037-081345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
541 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...DARKE COUNTY
 
AT 536 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INICATED SLOW MOVING AND PERSISTENT
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROS NORTHERN DARKE COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS REPORT SEVERAL ROADS WATER COVERED...AND UNDERPASSES FLOODED.
 
DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW THAT BEWTEEN 3.00 AND 4.50
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN DARKE COUNTY SINCE THE RAIN
BEGAN MONDAY NIGHT.
 
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.
 
HYSrELL
 
 
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NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 8, 2:33 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
233 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 1995

FLOODING PROBLEMS/NO PCGRIDDED DATA LEAVE ME WITH LITTLE TO OFFER FOR
FCST.  05Z SFC ANYLS INDC FRNT JUST NORTH OF OH RVR BETWEEN
CVG-ILN...WITH KILN 88D VWP SHOW IMPRESSIVE OVERRUNNING SIT WHICH IS
HELPING PCPN TO CONT.  85H EQUIV POT TEMP ANYLS SHOWS THEAT-E RIDGE
INTO WC OH...30H ANLYS BUT THIS RGN UNDER NICE DIFLUENCE...00Z
SOUNDINGS INDC OUTRAGEOUS PW VALUES ARND 2 INCHES.  ALL THESE THINGS
HELPING TO PRODUCE 88D PCPN ESTIMATES OF OVER 4 INCHES IN PARTS OF N
MIAMI/SHELBY/CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES.

AS FOR TDY...WITH WV SAT PIX INDC S/W CONT TO SPIN ACRS N WI...AND
MODELS BRINGING SERIES OF VORT LOBES THRU AREA...GOOD CHC FOR MORE TRW
TDY...WITH BEST POPS ARND SFC BNDRY. UNTIL LARGE UPPER SYS IN NW USA
CAN KICK SYS IN N WI OUT...TRW/RW POSSIBLE THRU FCST PD.

CVG 85/72/85 565
DAY 82/69/84 765
CMH 80/69/84 775

HYSELL

DIAN

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.