Flash Flood Warning 142, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Aug 8, 1995, 6:17 AM EDT (10:17 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 1995, 10:30 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Logan County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KILN 081017
FFWILN
OHC091-081430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
617 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...LOGAN COUNTY
 
AT 610 AM EDT...WILMINGTON WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LOGAN COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS
FALLING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS
WILL LIKELY BRING UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN ON TOP OF SATURATED GROUND
WHICH WILL ONLY WORSEN THE CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS.
 
DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW THAT BETWEEN 6.00 AND 9.00
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY SINCE THE RAIN
BEGAN MONDAY EVENING.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS
WERE WATER COVERED WITH SEVERAL BASEMENTS FLOODED.  ALSO...SOME CARS
HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN THE HIGH WATER.  THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER 800 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 44 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.