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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 25, 1995Carroll County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 1995, 8:21 AM EDT for Carroll County, Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1995, 8:21 AM EDT (12:21 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1995, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 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 251223
FFWILN
KYC041-251800-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
821 AM EDT THU MAY 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY
 
CARROLL COUNTY DISPATCH CENTER REPORTED THAT SOME CREEKS WERE OUT OF
THEIR BANKS AND SOME ROADS WERE CLOSED NEAR ENGLISH IN THE SOUTHERN PART
OF THE COUNTY. CARROLL COUNTY HAS RECEIVED CLOSE TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE 4 AM.
 
REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD DEATHS ARE THE RESULT OF EITHER DRIVING
INTO FLOOD WATERS OR CHILDREN PLAYING IN FLOODED AREAS. NEVEJR DRIVE
INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER LEVEL MAY BE MUCH DEEPER THAN YOU
THINK...OR THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT COMPLETELY. DO NOT LET YOUR
CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES OR STREAMS.
 
FARINA
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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 25, 3:21 AM EDT, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 3:21 AM EDT, 5 hours before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
315 AM EDT THU MAY 25 1995

I HAVE BEEN BABYSITTING THE RADAR EARLY THIS MORNING AND HAVE NOT HAD
A CHC TO GO THRU REGULAR ROUTINE.

STORMS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND MAIN IRRITANT APPEARS TO BE
FLOODING POTENTIAL AS SCT STORMS LINED UP ACROSS MUCH OF THE OH RVR
AND TRAINING ALONG THE RVR.  HAVE CANCELLED LAST FLOOD WARNG BASED ON
CALL TO FALMOUTH KY AND RADAR ESTIMATES...HOWEVER WL STILL WATCH THIS
AREA AND OTHERS DUE TO TRAING...AND POSS OF BECMG MORE WIDESPREAD.

NGM BNDRY LYR WINDS DO NOT PUSH BNDRY WELL S OF OH RVR UNTIL LT AFT
WITH NEG L.I.`S THRU DAY SO FLOODING WOES WL LIKELY CONTINUE AS DAY
WEARS ON.

LOOKS LIKE WE DRY OUT THURS NGT AND FRI AS RIDGG MOVES IN WITH COOLER/
MORE SEASONABLE TEMPS.
SANDLER

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, 9:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNOwen115 min
May 24, 9:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGrant, Owen2 hr
May 25, 8:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPendleton3 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

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Every 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.