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Flash Flood Warning 177, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 11, 1995Pickaway County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT for Pickaway County, Ohio. It was in force for 75 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
75 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Pickaway County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2158 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILN 112316
FFWILN
OHC129-120030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
715 PM EDT FRI AUG 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...PICKAWAY COUNTY
 
AT 710 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
NEAR CIRCLEVILLE IN SOUTHEAST PICKAWAY COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
THAT THIS STORM WAS DUMPING 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR. CREEK AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA.
 
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.
 
FARINA

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 11, 3:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 3:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
300 PM EDT FRI AUG 11 1995

UNFORTUNATELY GOT CAUGHT WITH HEAVY RAIN IN SC OH WHERE THERE
HAS ALREADY BEEN BAD FLOODING.  THUS HAVE BEEN KEPT BUSY WITH
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS.  ALREADY BEHIND AND NO TIME FOR DISCUSSION.
WL CANCEL RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR SCIOTO RIVER AT CIRCLEVILLE
SINCE LEVEL DOWN TO 13.0 FEET AND FLOOD STAGE 14 FEET.

SANDLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 2:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNScioto56 min
Aug 11, 6:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPike, Ross50 min

Nearby

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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.