Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 11:28 PM EST for Union County, Indiana. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 11:28 PM EST (04:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1995, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 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 190434
FFWILN
OHC145-INC161-191100-
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1228 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN SOUTH OHIO
...SCIOTO COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
...UNION COUNTY
SCIOTO COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WERE STILL WATER
COVERED AND THE WATER WAS NOT RECEDING. SO THE WARNING FOR SCIOTO COUNTY
WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 700 AM EDT. UNION COUNTY INDIANA OFFICIALS ALSO
REPORTED WATER COVERING NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WITH THE WATER NOT
RECEDING.
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.
DIANWhat 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, 1:04 PM EST, 10 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 1:04 PM EST, 10 hours 24 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, 6:55 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
OHZ081-079-078-080-082-073-086-KYZ097-100-099-096-201-190500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 754 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND CLERMONT COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM EDT... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND CLERMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT. AS A RESULT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR BROWN...HIGHLAND...ROSS...PIKE...SCIOTO...AND ADAMS COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND CLERMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO. IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...PENDLETON...BRACKEN...ROBERTSON...MASON...AND LEWIS COUNTIES ARE UNDER THE WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT. THOSE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THEATNING WEATHER APPROCHES...MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. HYSELL
Special weather statement, May 18, 9:04 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
INZ074-066-075-073-080-KYZ091-097-089-090-095-092-094-190230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1002 PM EDT (902 PM EST) THU MAY 18 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED WELL SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. MORE SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE ENTERING THE SOUTHEAST INDIANA FROM THE NORTH...BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPE@CTED TO BE SEVERE...SO AS A RESULT...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HYSELL
Special weather statement, May 18, 9:24 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
OHZ081-079-078-082-073-086-KYZ097-093-100-099-096-201-190300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1022 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTCENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE REGION. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. AS A RESULT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HYSELL
Special weather statement, May 18, 9:27 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
OHZ081-079-078-082-073-086-KYZ097-093-100-099-096-201-190300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO WORDING IN HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1022 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE REGION. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. AS A RESULT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HYSELL
Local storm report, May 18, 10:47 PM EST, 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH 1147 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0622 PM NAPOLEAN IN DIME SIZE HAIL 05/18/95 RIPLEY RANDALL
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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.