Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 1995, 5:47 PM EDT for Delaware County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1995, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Delaware County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 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 242152 FFWILN OHC023-041-021-250045- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 547 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...CLARK...CHAMPAIGN AND DELAWARE COUNTIES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR HAS ESTIMATE 1.25 TO 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 4:30 PM EDT IN PORTIONS OF CLARK...CHAMPAIGN AND DELAWARE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE MOVING INTO CENTRAL OHIO...SOME WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SO FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. 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. DIAN
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 24, 9:48 AM EDT, 7 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 9:48 AM EDT, 7 hours 59 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 948 AM EDT WED MAY 24 1995 RW/TRW AGAIN MVG TWRD NW OH...STRONGEST ACTIVITY RIGHT NOW OVR IL...ALL MVG NE. BOTH MDLS SHW FNT APPCH DAY BY 00Z. LOOKING AT KIND RDR... SEEMS THAT ONLY TRW IN CVG WILL HAVE TO DVLP THIS AFT...NO ECHOS FROM FORT WAYNE TO EVV SOUTH. WUD KEEP LO POP CHC/S FROM DAY TO CMH SOUTH. MODIFIED DAY SNDG SHWD CAPE OF AROUND 600 WITH -4 LI/S. WILL NOT MESS W/ P^REV AFD TEMPS. CVG 85/65/79 DAY 80/62/73 CMH 84/62/74 FARINA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 1:24 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
OHZ079-052-053-072-046-065-063-055-062-026-080-074-056-044-054- 064-073-045-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 125 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995 THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN OUR REGION: HARDIN...LOGAN...FRANKLIN...LICKING...UNION...DELAWARE...MADISON ...FAIRFIELD...HOCKING...PICKAWAY...FAYETTE...ROSS...BROWN... GREENE...CHAMPAIGN...HIGHLAND...CLARK... AND CLINTON REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEAT8HER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FARINA
Special weather statement, May 24, 1:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
OHZ052-053-072-046-065-063-055-062-026-080-074-056-044-054- 064-073-045-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 138 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995 THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN OUR REGION: HARDIN...LOGAN...FRANKLIN...LICKING...UNION...DELAWARE...MADISON ...FAIRFIELD...HOCKING...PICKAWAY...FAYETTE...ROSS... GREENE...CHAMPAIGN...HIGHLAND...CLARK... AND CLINTON REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FARINA CORRECTION TO REMOVE BROWN COUNTY FROM WATCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Morrow | 50 min |
| May 24, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Richland | 36 min |
| May 24, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ashland | 34 min |
| May 24, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan, Shelby | 45 min |
| May 24, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union | 69 min |
| May 24, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Union | 29 min |
| May 24, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 25 min |
| May 24, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware | 34 min |
| May 24, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami | 52 min |
| May 24, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ashland | 25 min |
| May 24, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark | 33 min |
| May 24, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 40 min |
| May 24, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Holmes, Knox | 59 min |
| May 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 37 min |
| May 24, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Miami | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 49 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Warren | 46 min |
| May 24, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 3 hr |
| May 24, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 58 min |
| May 24, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Pickaway | 45 min |
| May 24, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 3 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.