Flash Flood Warning 141, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Aug 8, 1995, 5:47 AM EDT (09:47 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 1995, 10:00 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Miami County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KILN 080947
FFWILN
OHC109-081400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
547 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...MIAMI COUNTY
 
AT 545 AM EDT...WILMINGTON WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF MIAMI
COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH HALF OF THE COUNTY.
 
THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BRING ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN ON TOP OF
SATURATED GROUND AND WILL ONLY WORSEN CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT WIDESPEAD FLOODING PROBLEMS...WITH
FAMILIES BEING EVACUATED IN THE NORTH PART OF PIQUA DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.
MOST EVERY ROAD IN PIQUA IS WATER COVERED AND NUMEROUS OTHER ROADS
ACROSS THE COUNTY HAVE HIGH WATER ACROSS THEM.
 
DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW THAT BETWEEN 6.00 AND 8.00
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY SINCE THE RAIN
BEGAN MONDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER 730
AM.
 
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
 
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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 14 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

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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.