Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jan 15, 1995, 9:30 PM EST for Fairfield County, Franklin County, Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 1995, 9:30 PM EST (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 1995, 2:00 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fairfield County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Licking County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 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 160233 FFWILN OHC049-089-045-073-129-141-131-145-160700- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 930 PM EST SUN JAN 15 1995 ...FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS...URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO COUNTIES...FRANKLIN...LICKING...FAIRFIELD...HOCKING... PICKAWAY...ROSS...PIKE...AND SCIOTO. STREAMS ARE NEAR BANKFULL IN MANY LOCATIONS AND SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO RUNOFF. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN MOST AREAS. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 7:23 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
OHZ045-046-054>056-064-065-073-074-081-082-086-KYZ097>100-160600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 723 PM EST SUN JAN 15 1995 MORE RAINFALL IS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. THIS RAIN...IN COMBINATION WITH RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAY... IS CAUSING A FEW MINOR PROBLEMS THIS EVENING. MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON SOME SMALLER CREEKS IN HOCKING AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. CALLS TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY INDICATED THAT NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WERE OCCURRING AND NO PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM...IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS TONIGHT. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF THE REGION BY 10 PM. AFTER 10 PM THE THREAT FROM FLOODING SHOULD DIMINISH. FARINA ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS THAT HAVE FALLEN SINCE SATURDAY MORNING...HAS CONTINUED TO CAUSE MINOR ROAD FLOODING IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO...PARTICULARLY IN THE COLUMBUS AREA. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON STATE ROUTE 521 BRIDGE CROSSING AT ALUM CREEK WAS UNDER WATER...THIS IS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF DELAWARE. ONLY VERY LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY SO THE PONDING AND MINOR FLOODING FLOODING ON SOME ROADWAYS SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE. SANDLER
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 7:24 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
OHZ045-046-054>056-064-065-073-074-081-082-086-KYZ097>100-160600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 723 PM EST SUN JAN 15 1995 MORE RAINFALL IS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. THIS RAIN...IN COMBINATION WITH RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAY... IS CAUSING A FEW MINOR PROBLEMS THIS EVENING. MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON SOME SMALLER CREEKS IN HOCKING AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. CALLS TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY INDICATED THAT NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WERE OCCURRING AND NO PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM...IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS TONIGHT. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF THE REGION BY 10 PM. AFTER 10 PM THE THREAT FROM FLOODING SHOULD DIMINISH. FARINA ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS THAT HAVE FALLEN SINCE SATURDAY MORNING...HAS CONTINUED TO CAUSE MINOR ROAD FLOODING IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO...PARTICULARLY IN THE COLUMBUS AREA. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON STATE ROUTE 521 BRIDGE CROSSING AT ALUM CREEK WAS UNDER WATER...THIS IS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF DELAWARE. ONLY VERY LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY SO THE PONDING AND MINOR FLOODING FLOODING ON SOME ROADWAYS SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE. SANDLER
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 7:25 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
OHZ045-046-054>056-064-065-073-074-081-082-086-KYZ097>100-160600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 723 PM EST SUN JAN 15 1995 MORE RAINFALL IS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. THIS RAIN...IN COMBINATION WITH RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAY... IS CAUSING A FEW MINOR PROBLEMS THIS EVENING. MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON SOME SMALLER CREEKS IN HOCKING AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. CALLS TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY INDICATED THAT NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WERE OCCURRING AND NO PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM...IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS TONIGHT. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF THE REGION BY 10 PM. AFTER 10 PM THE THREAT FROM FLOODING SHOULD DIMINISH. FARINA
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 7:53 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
OHZ045-046-054>056-064-065-073-074-081-082-086-KYZ097>100-160600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 753 PM EST SUN JAN 15 1995 ...MINOR FLOODING OCCURRING IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO... MORE RAINFALL IS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. THIS RAIN...IN COMBINATION WITH RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAY... IS CAUSING A FEW MINOR PROBLEMS THIS EVENING. MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON SOME SMALLER CREEKS IN HOCKING AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO AND ALSO IN ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. REPORTS FROM POLICE AND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES INDICATED SOME ROADS WERE CLOSED IN THESE AREAS AND MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG SALT CREEK IN ROSS COUNTY. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. CALLS TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY INDICATED THAT NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WERE OCCURRING AND NO PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM...IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS TONIGHT. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TONIGHT...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. YOUR VEHICLE CAN BE WASHED DOWNSTREAM. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF THE REGION BY 10 PM. AFTER 10 PM THE THREAT FROM FLOODING SHOULD DIMINISH. FARINA
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 7:55 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
OHZ045-046-054>056-064-065-073-074-081-082-086-KYZ097>100-160600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 753 PM EST SUN JAN 15 1995 ...MINOR FLOODING OCCURRING IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO... MORE RAINFALL IS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. THIS RAIN...IN COMBINATION WITH RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAY... IS CAUSING A FEW MINOR PROBLEMS THIS EVENING. MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON SOME SMALLER CREEKS IN HOCKING AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO AND ALSO IN ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. REPORTS FROM POLICE AND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES INDICATED SOME ROADS WERE CLOSED IN THESE AREAS AND MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG SALT CREEK IN ROSS COUNTY. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. CALLS TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY INDICATED THAT NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WERE OCCURRING AND NO PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM...IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS TONIGHT. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TONINGHT...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. YOUR VEHICLE CAN BE WASHED DOWNSTREAM. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF THE REGION BY 10 PM. AFTER 10 PM THE THREAT FROM FLOODING SHOULD DIMINISH. FARINA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 9:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross, Scioto | 5 hr |
| Jan 15, 9:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hocking, Pickaway | 5 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.