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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 24, 1995Licking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 1995, 9:54 PM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1995, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1995, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Licking County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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°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

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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, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 8:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 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, 3 hours 7 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, 9:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFranklin, Greene, Madison2 hr
May 24, 9:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMontgomery2 hr
May 24, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Scioto40 min
May 25, 10:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown, Clermont3 hr

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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.