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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 19, 1995Mason County, Kentucky; Adams County, Brown County, Highland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jan 19, 1995, 6:15 PM EST for Mason County, Kentucky; Adams County, Brown County, Highland County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 1995, 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC)
Expired: Jan 20, 1995, 12:15 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Mason County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Highland County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 306 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 192317
FFWILN
KYC161-OHC001-015-071-200515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
615 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
 
   ...MASON COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY...BROWN COUNTY...HIGHLAND COUNTY
 
...A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS...
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR TONIGHT FOR
PEOPLE IN HIGHLAND...ADAMS...BROWN COUNTIES IN OHIO...AND MASON COUNTY
IN KENTUCKY.
 
STEADY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND
NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING.  THIS RAIN IS FALLING OVER AREAS THAT
HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS WEEK...AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE
FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS.
 
DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW THAT OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE 400 PM...AND THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN FALLING WELL TO SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS THIS AREA THIS
EVENING.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
AVOID CROSSING FLOWING WATER...EITHER IN YOUR CAR OR ON FOOT. THE
SWIFT CURRENT CAN SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET OR CARRY YOUR CAR AWAY.
STAY AWAY FROM DRAINS...DITCHES...AND LOW SPOTS. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 4:30 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

OHZ070>073-077>082-086-KYZ089>097-099-100-200300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
430 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995

...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT FOR
   THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF OHIO...

...A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY FOR FRIDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT.  PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY.  THE RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK AND THEN CHANGE COMPLETELY
OVER TO SNOW DURING MID MORNING.

SNOW WILL START ACCUMULATING ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE IN THE MORNING.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY EVENING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER-LIKE DRIVING CONDITIONS
ON FRIDAY.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES
ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

LOTT

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1995 Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1995 Every 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.