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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 24, 1995Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 1995, 9:35 PM EDT for Owen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1995, 9:35 PM EDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1995, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Owen County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 250137
FFWILN
KYC081-187-250330-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
935 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 1130 PM
EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
 
   ...GRANT COUNTY...OWEN COUNTY
 
AT 930 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FROM 0.50 TO 1.0
INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 8:30 PM EDT OVER OWEN AND GRANT COUNTIES
IN KENTUCKY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY
RAIN...ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THESE COUNTIES. EXPECT SOME FLOODING OF
URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AS PRECIPITATION PERSISTS.
 
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.
 
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, 8:36 PM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 8:36 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
836 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995

TSTMS APPR TO BE DYING DOWN ATTM BUT STL SOME STG STMS ACRS SE IND.
3/4 INCH HAIL IN RIPLEY CNTY ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO. NO TIME TO LOOK
AT FCSTS.

LOTT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 6:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
OHZ046-053>056-061>065-071>074-078>082-086-250300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
646 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 UNTIL 11 PM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN OHIO...

ADAMS...BROWN...CLARK...CLERMONT...CLINTON...DELAWARE...FAIRFIELD...
FAYETTE...FRANKLIN...GREENE...HIGHLAND...HOCKING...LICKING...
MADISON...MONTGOMERY...PICKAWAY...PIKE...ROSS...SCIOTO
AND WARREN.

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNOwen41 min
May 24, 9:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGrant, Owen2 hr
May 25, 8:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPendleton3 hr
May 25, 8:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNCarroll6 hr
May 25, 9:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGrant4 hr
May 25, 10:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBoone4 hr
May 25, 10:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGallatin, Owen4 hr
May 25, 10:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBracken3 hr
May 25, 10:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPendleton3 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.