Flash Flood Warning 151, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Aug 8, 1995, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Miami County, OH, Shelby County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KILN 081649
FFWILN
OHC107-109-149-082045-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1245 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM
EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...MERCER...MIAMI AND SHELBY COUNTIES
 
AT 1230 PM EDT...MIAMI COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS ROADS
WERE CLOSED AND CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE STILL RISING BETWEEN PIQUA AND
TROY. THE GREAT MIAMI RIVER WAS ALSO NEARING BANKFULL AND WAS INTO
FIELDS IN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
 
OFFICIALS IN MERCER COUNTY REPORTED THAT WATER IN AREA
CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE STILL RISING AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH THE
IMMEIDATE FLASH FLOOD DANGER HAS SUBSIDED. MANY COUNTY ROADS
WERE STILL CLOSED AT THIS TIME ACROSS THE COUNTY. SO THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR MERCER COUNTY WILL BECOME AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD
WARNING.
 
SHELBY COUNTY OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED IN THE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AREA.  SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY...THE LOCKINGTON AREA
IN PARTICULAR...HAD THE WORST REPORTS OF FLOODING.
 
NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY. YOU CAN EASILY
BECOME, STRANDED OR TRAPPED. THE DEPTH OF WATER IS NOT ALWAYS
OBVIOUS. IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT THE ROAD CONDITION OR THE WATER
LEVEL AHEAD OF YOU...TURN AROUND AND TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE.
 
DIAN
 
 
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NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 8, 10:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1015 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 1995

NO TIME FOR A DISCUSSION.  FLASH FLOOD WOES CONTINUE.  SHELBY...
CHAMPAIGN AND MERCER COUNTIES WERE HIT BAD.  HOPE THAT NO RAIN
DEVELOPS THIS AFT.

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.