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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 18, 1995Butler County, Hamilton County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 4:53 AM EDT for Butler County, Hamilton County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 4:53 AM EDT (08:53 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 8:45 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butler County, OH, Hamilton County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 180854
FFWILN
INC029-115-137-KYC015-OHC017-061-181245-
 
BULLETIN
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
453 AM EDT (353 AM EST) THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING EFFECTIVE UNTIL
845 AM EDT (745 AM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...DEARBORN COUNTY...OHIO COUNTY...RIPLEY COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
 
   ...BOONE COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY...BUTLER COUNTY
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING ACROSS
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. THE
HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN FROM SOUTHWEST DEARBORN COUNTY THROUGH
NORTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATES SHOW UP TO 0.8 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST HOUR ON ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...CAUSING STREAMS TO RISE ABOVE BANKFUL AND FLOODING OF LOW LAND
AREAS.
 
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 TH|E ROAD CONDITION OR THE WATER
LEVEL AHEAD OF YOU...TURN AROUND AND TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE.
 
LOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNClark, Montgomery3 hr
May 18, 7:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNWarren4 hr
May 18, 9:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPike, Ross3 hr
May 18, 9:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPreble3 hr
May 18, 9:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNScioto3 hr
May 18, 9:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke3 hr
May 18, 1:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNClermont2 hr
May 18, 5:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke6 hr
May 18, 7:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNRoss5 hr

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.