Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 5:52 PM EDT for Darke County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1995, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 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, 9.9 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 182155 FFWILN OHC037-190400- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 552 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...DARKE COUNTY MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AGAIN DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER DARKE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALL IN IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF DARKE COUNTY BETWEEN 445 AND 545 PM EDT. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS INDIANA WHICH WILL MOVE OVER DARKE COUNTY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS...THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY COMPOND 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. HYSELL
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, 2:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 2:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 204 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 EVERYTHING LINING UP ACS S OH/S IN/N KY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF RW+ AND SEVERE TRW. APPCH OF SFC LO/VORT MAX(WEAKENING BUT STILL STRONG)/850 JET/THTA-E RDG IN PLACE/HI PWS ALL PINPOINT S PART OF CWA FROM APPROX 21Z THRU 06Z. L2Z SHWS HORRENDOUS +50 OVR OH VLY ON MOIST CONV!!! NVR SEEN THAT BEFORE. WUD SUSPECT THAT BOXES WILL FLW SEVERE WX NOW IN S IL/MO AS 500 VORT LIFTS. GOOD AMT OF SHER NEAR SFC BNDRY WUD LEAD TO BLV THAT TOR BOX POSS. REST OF FCST SHWS IMPROVEMENT...THINGS SHOULD START TO CLR OUT AFT PASS OF 700 AND 500 MB TROF AROUND 12Z FRI AM...WITH PRETTY NICE DAY IN STORE FOR SAT. WILL PFOLLOW FWC TEMPS FOR HI/S... DAY 56/70/49/75 *100 CVG 59/71/50/77 *100 CMH 54/71/46/77 *300 FARINA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088- INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-181800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1215 PM EST THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR LEWIS AND MASON COUNTIES... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE REGION ENDING THE THREAT OF TORNADOES FOR NOW. HOWEVER...ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH THIS NEXT BATCH OF ACTIVITY...STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MID-AFTERNOON...SO PREPARE NOW FOR MORE STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND MORE HEAVY RAIN. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED T<O NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS WEATHER. AREA SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED LATER TODAY. FARINA
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:13 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
INZ074-066-075-073-080-KYZ091-093-089-090-095-092-094-190415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 511 PM EDT (411 PM EST) THU MAY 18 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND MUCH OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT (1100 PM EST)... MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO FORM AND ENTER INTO NORTHERN KENTUKCY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY... ESPECIALLY IN SOTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. AS A RESULT A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AS WELL AS BOONE...CAMPBELL..CARROLL...GALLATIN...GRANT ...KENTON...AND OWEN COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL LIKELY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND EVEN TORNADOES. THOSE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. HYSELL
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, 9:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clermont | 2 hr |
| May 18, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Ross | 5 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.