Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 9:57 AM EDT for Darke County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 9:57 AM EDT (13:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Darke County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 520 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 181401 FFWILN OHC037-181630- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 957 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...DARKE COUNTY DARKE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED ISOLATED WATER PROBLEMS ON ROADWAYS. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND FLOODING WILL BECOME MORE PROMINENT THIS MORNING. THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD END BY 11 AM... BUT MORE RAIN WILL DEVELOP. 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. 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 May 18, 2:58 AM EDT, 6 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 2:58 AM EDT, 6 hours 59 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 257 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 BROAD AREA OF PCPN ACRS IND/IL/NRN KY NOW MAKING ITS WAY ACRS WRN FA. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN LIKELY AND WITH FFG VERY LOW ACRS E CNTRL/SE IND...WL HAV TO WATCH CLOSELY. SERIES SFC LOWS TO TRACK NEWRD ALG FNTL BNDRY THRU TNGT. WITH PLENTY OF MSTR IN PLACE CRNT FCST LOOKS GOOD WITH PCPN INTO FRI MRNG. AMS BCMS VERY UNSTBL LATE THIS AFTN WITH LI/S OF -4 TO -8. LOOKS LIKE GOOD CHC FOR A FEW SVR TSTMS THIS AFTN/EVNG. AIR STABILIZES SOMEWHAT TNGT BUT WITH UPR LVL LO TRACKING ACRS RGN... SVR WX MAY XTND OVRNGT. PCPN SHUD FINALLY START DECRSG FROM W THRU FRI AFTN AS LOW MOVS OFF TO E. DRYING SLOW TO MOVE IN THO...SO CLDS SHUD HANG ARND. CMH 66/52/63 DAY 66/51/65 CVG 69/55/67 LOTT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 18, 6:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
OHZ070>073-077>082-086-KYZ089>100-INZ066-073>075-080-181600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 642 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR SOUTHERN OHIO-NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KENTUCKY AND OHIO WILL BE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY APPROACH THE REGION. AS A RESULT...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL NOON EDT. REMEMBER THAT A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH IN INDIANA ARE FRANKLIN...DEARBORN... RIPLEY...OHIO AND SWITZERLAND...IN KENTUCKY...CARROLL...GALLATIN... OWEN...GRANT...BOONE...KENTON...CAMPBELL...PENDLETON...BRACKEN... ROBERTSON...MASON AND LEWIS...IN OHIO...BUTLER...WARREN...CLINTON ...HIGHLAND...ROSS...PIKE...SCIOTO...ADAMS...BROWN...CLERMONT... AND HAMILTON...INCLUDING THE CINCINNATI AREA. FARINA
Special weather statement, May 18, 6:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
OHZ070>073-077>082-088-KYZ089>100-INZ066-073>075-080-181600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 642 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR SOUTHERN OHIO-NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KENTUCKY AND OHIO WILL BE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY APPROACH THE REGION. AS A RESULT...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL NOON EDT. REMEMBER THAT A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH IN INDIANA ARE FRANKLIN...DEARBORN... RIPLEY...OHIO AND SWITZERLAND...IN KENTUCKY...CARROLL...GALLATIN... OWEN...GRANT...BOONE...KENTON...CAMPBELL...PENDLETON...BRACKEN... ROBERTSON...MASON AND LEWIS...IN OHIO...BUTLER...WARREN...CLINTON ...HIGHLAND...ROSS...PIKE...SCIOTO...ADAMS...BROWN...C:LERMONT... AND HAMILTON...INCLUDING THE CINCINNATI AREA. FARINA CORRECTION TO CHANGE ZONE NUMBER
Special weather statement, May 18, 7:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
OHZ070>073-077>082-088-KYZ089>100-INZ066-073>075-080-181600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 720 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR INDIANA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY... AN AREA OF WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KENTUCKY AND OHIO WILL BE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF INDIANA...THEREFORE THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR INDIANA. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY BUT ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ISOLATED. REMEMBER THAT A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH IN KENTUCKY...CARROLL...GALLATIN... OWEN...GRANT...BOONE...KENTON...CAMPBELL...PENDLETON...BRACKEN... ROBERTSON...MASON AND LEWIS...IN OHIO...BUTLER...WARREN...CLINTON ...HIGHLAND...ROSS...PIKE...SCIOTO...ADAMS...BROWN...CLERMONT... AND HAMILTON...INCLUDING THE CINCINNATI AREA. FARINA
Special weather statement, May 18, 7:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
OHZ070>073-077>082-088-KYZ089>100-181600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 745 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY... AN AREA OF WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KENTUCKY AND OHIO WILL BE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY BUT ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ISOLATED. REMEMBER THAT A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH IN KENTUCKY...CARROLL...GALLATIN... OWEN...GRANT...BOONE...KENTON...CAMPBELL...PENDLETON...BRACKEN... ROBERTSON...MASON AND LEWIS...IN OHIO...CLINTON...HIGHLAND... ROSS...PIKE...SCIOTO...ADAMS. FARINA
Special weather statement, May 18, 8:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
OHZ070>073-077>082-088-KYZ089>100-181600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 813 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY... AN AREA OF WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KENTUCKY AND OHIO WILL BE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY BUT ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ISOLATED. REMEMBER THAT A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. COUNTIES INCLUDpED IN THE WATCH IN KENTUCKY...CARROLL...GALLATIN... OWEN...GRANT...BOONE...KENTON...CAMPBELL...PENDLETON...BRACKEN... ROBERTSON...MASON AND LEWIS...IN OHIO...HIGHLAND...ROSS... PIKE...SCIOTO...ADAMS. FARINA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 4:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 4 hr |
| May 18, 7:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clark, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 18, 7:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Warren | 4 hr |
| May 18, 9:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 3 hr |
| May 18, 9:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Preble | 3 hr |
| May 18, 9:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clermont | 2 hr |
| May 18, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke | 6 hr |
| May 18, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Ross | 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.