Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 1995, 10:42 AM EDT for Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1995, 10:42 AM EDT (14:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1995, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scioto County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 171446 FFWILN OHC145-171745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1042 AM EDT WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH OHIO ...SCIOTO COUNTY AT 10:30 AM EDT...SCIOTO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE REPORTED A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 140 IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. THE AREA THAT IS CLOSED IS ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF OF SOUTH WEBSTER OHIO. OTHER ROADS CLOSED INCLUDED HAYPORT ROAD IN WHEELERSBURG. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AN OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING RAIN TOTAL OF UP TO 3.00 INCHES FELL OVER PORTIONS OF SCIOTO COUNTY. THERE WILL BE AN AFTERNOON BREAK IN THE RAINFALL...HOWEVER...SCIOTO COUNTY CAN EXPECT THE RAIN TO REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT...POSSIBLY CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. 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 &
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 May 17, 10:09 AM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 10:09 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1008 AM EDT WED MAY 17 1995 PRECIP LOOKS LIKE IT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN OH/NORTH KY/ SE INDIANA FOR MOST OF DAY...SM BRKS IN PRECIP OVR SW IN. SHUD SPREAD NORTHWARD AS COLD FNT TO WEST APPCHS THIS AFT. ALTHO PRECIP WILL CONT...SVR THREAT LOOKS MINIMAL IN S PART OF CWA THIS AFTERNOON WITH PRECIP OCCURING...WEAK PVA...BEST JET DYNAMICS TO SOUTH AND WEST...WEAK VVEL ACCDG TO ETA GRIDDED DATA. MY CONCERN IS FOR AREAS BTWN DAY...CMH...CVG AND PORTSMOUTH IF SUNSHINE BRKS THRU THIS AFTERNOON WITH RAIN COOLED BOUNDARY SETTING UP SOMEHWERE IN THIS AREA. PREV CCF TEMPS LOOK PRETTY GOOD WITH NOT MUCH SUN. CONTINUE FLAS:H FLOOD/FLOOD WATCHES... FARINA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 17, 8:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082- 086-KYZ089>100-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 845 AM EST WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY INDICATES THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...THE WHITEWATER VALLEY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO...THE MIAMI VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO TODAY. WARM UNSTABLE AIR IS COVERING THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME BECOMING SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LAtRGER MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. REMEMBER TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST AND MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION. AREA WEATHER SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED TODAY. FARINA
Special weather statement, May 17, 8:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082- 086-KYZ089>100-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 845 AM EST WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY INDICATES THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...THE WHITEWATER VALLEY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO...CENTRAL OHIO...THE MIAMI VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO TODAY. WARM UNSTABLE AIR IS COVERING THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME BECOMING SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. REMEMBER TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST AND MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION. AREA WEATHER SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED TODAY. FARINA CORRECTED TO ADD CENTRAL OHIO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 12:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 37 min |
| May 17, 12:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 35 min |
| May 17, 2:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 5 hr |
| May 17, 8:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette | 3 hr |
| May 17, 8:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Preble | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.