Flash Flood Warning 158, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Aug 8, 1995, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Darke County, OH, Miami County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KILN 082250
FFWILN
OHC037-107-109-090145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
648 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...DARKE COUNTY...MERCER COUNTY...MIAMI COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN MERCER...DARKE...
AND MIAMI COUNTIES WHICH WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE AND DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN IN NORTHWEST MIAMI COUNTY AND PARTS OF CENTRAL DARKE COUNTY AS
OF 645 PM.
 
AVOID CROSSING FLOWING WATERx...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.
 
PARKER

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 8, 3:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
305 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 1995

WL KEEP DISCUSSION SHORT.  FLOODG PROBLEMS STILL CONTINUE N AND NE OF
DAY AND ACROSS LICKING CO.  10.64 IN OF R REPORTED IN W CHAMPAIGN CO!

NGM AND CURRENT CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SATELLITE AND OBS...CONFIRM AREA
OF SUBSIDENCE OVER US BETWEEN CONVECTION IN E OH AND STORMS IN IL.
LOW CLDS HAVE BEEN STUBBORN AND SFC HTG MINIMIZED THIS AFT.  APPEARS
NOW THAT BEST UVV WL OCCUR OVERNIGHT INTO WED MORNG OVER THE CWA...
ALTHOUGH ETA FRH64 MUCH LESS AGRESSIVE WITH PCPN THAN NGM FRHT64.
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY READY TO BE HARNESSED AGAIN SO A BAD PROBLEM
COULD GET WORSE OVERNIGHT.  I`M LEANG HEAVILLY TOWA>RD NGM QPF.

IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE UNDER THE GUN FOR PCPN THRU EARLY THU UNTIL
RIDGING AT ALL LVLS MOVES IN AND MOISTURE FINALLY DECREASES WITH
DRIER W WINDS.

SANDLER

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.