Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 179, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 1995, 3:25 PM EDT for Darke County, Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1995, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 17, 3:00 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:00 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 11:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
INZ074-058-066-075-073-080-059-050-OHZ025-035-079-070-052-053-078- 072-042-046-065-063-055-062-077-026-080-074-056-044-054-034-051- 061-015-064-060-016-073-043-045-024-071-172030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1135 AM EDT (1035 AM EST) THU AUG 17 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND MUCH OF CENTRAL OHIO AS WELL AS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WHILE A WEAK FRONT REMAINS ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST OHIO. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN SINCE SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MOVE SLOWLY. IF OUTDOORS...KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SANDLER
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 11:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
KYZ089>100-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-172100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1140 AM EDT THU AUG 17 1995
...HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN
KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S ACROSS
SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HOT
TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS TO PRODUCE
EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES...OR HEAT INDEX VALUES...RANGING BETWEEN 105
AND 110 DEGREES.
PEOPLE WORKING OUTDOORS OR IN PLACES WITH LITTLE VENTILATION...AS WELL
AS THOSE IN POOR HEALTH...SHOULD TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS AS PROLONGED
EXPOSURE TO THESE EXTREME CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT
STROKE.
CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE MOST
VULNERABLE TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. CHECK ON CHILDREN...
ELDERLY RELATIVES OR NEIGHBORS FREQUENTLY.
...SOME RECOMMENDED SAFETY PRECAUTIONS...
STAY IN AIR CONDITIONED BUILDINGS
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS
WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHES
PROVIDE PETS AND LIVESTOCK WITH FRESH WATER AND SHADE
DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN PARKED CARS
SANDLERSpecial weather statement, Aug 17, 11:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
KYZ089>100-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-172100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1140 AM EDT THU AUG 17 1995
...HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN
KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S ACROSS
SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HOT
TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS TO PRODUCE
EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES...OR HEAT INDEX VALUES...RANGING BETWEEN 105
AND 110 DEGREES.
PEOPLE WORKING OUTDOORS OR IN PLACES WITH LITTLE VENTILATION...AS WELL
AS THOSE IN POOR HEALTH...SHOULD TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS AS PROLONGED
EXPOSURE TO THESE EXTREME CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT
STROKE.
CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE MOST
VULNERABLE TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. CHECK ON CHILDREN...
ELDERLY RELATIVES OR NEIGHBORS FREQUENTLY.
...SOME RECOMMENDED SAFETY PRECAUTIONS...
STAY IN AIR CONDITIONED BUILDINGS
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS
WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHES
PROVIDE PETS AND LIVESTOCK WITH FRESH WATER AND SHADE
DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN PARKED CARS
SANDLERSpecial weather statement, Aug 17, 2:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
INZ074-058-066-073-059-050-OHZ025-035-079-070-052-053-078-072-042- 046-063-055-062-077-026-080-056-044-054-034-051-061-060-016-043- 045-024-071-180100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 203 PM EDT (103 PM EST) THU AUG 17 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT (8 PM EST) FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO AND EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA... AT 2 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BLOOMINGTON INDIANA TO TOLEDO OHIO. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND AS IT MOVES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY. SOME COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THAT IS THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR GREATER. FREQUENT LIGHTNING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF UP TO 1.6 INCHES IN AN HOUR ACROSS WESTERN MERCER COUNTY OHIO. THUS...LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A HAZARD. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SANDLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mercer | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 7:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hocking | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.