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Flash Flood Warning 143, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 8, 1995Allen County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 1995, 7:29 AM EDT for Allen County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1995, 7:29 AM EDT (11:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1995, 10:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Allen County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 1995-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1983 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
1983 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 Aug 8, 2:33 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:33 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 11:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMiami3 hr
Aug 8, 12:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNShelby4 hr
Aug 8, 1:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNChampaign4 hr
Aug 8, 2:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMiami4 hr
Aug 8, 2:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLogan4 hr
Aug 8, 3:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMercer4 hr
Aug 8, 4:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNShelby4 hr
Aug 8, 5:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNChampaign4 hr
Aug 8, 5:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDelaware4 hr
Aug 8, 5:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMercer4 hr
Aug 8, 5:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke4 hr
Aug 8, 5:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMiami4 hr
Aug 8, 6:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLogan4 hr
Aug 8, 8:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNShelby3 hr
Aug 8, 9:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNChampaign3 hr
Aug 8, 9:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDelaware3 hr
Aug 8, 9:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMercer3 hr
Aug 8, 10:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLogan3 hr
Aug 8, 10:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLicking4 hr
Aug 8, 11:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNClark3 hr
Aug 8, 12:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMiami, Shelby4 hr
Aug 8, 12:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMercer4 hr
Aug 8, 1:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLogan3 hr
Aug 8, 2:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLicking3 hr
Aug 8, 4:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLogan3 hr
Aug 8, 4:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMiami, Shelby117 min
Aug 8, 4:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMercer117 min
Aug 8, 6:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke, Miami3 hr
Aug 8, 6:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMercer3 hr

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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.