Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1995, 6:11 AM EDT for Shelby County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 6:11 AM EDT (10:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1995, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shelby County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 101013 FFWILN OHC149-101315- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 611 AM EDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...SHELBY COUNTY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING OVER SHELBY COUNTY SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS SOME FLOODING ON AREA ROADWAYS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SHELBY COUNTY THROUGH 7 AM WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE AT TIMES. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY. AVOID CROSSING FLOWING WATER...EITHER IN YOUR CAR OR ON FOOT. THE SWIFT CURRENT CAN SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET OR CARRY YOUR CAR AWAY. STAY AWAY FROM DRAINS...DITCHES...AND LOW SPOTS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LOTT
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 Apr 9, 8:30 PM EDT, 9 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 8:30 PM EDT, 9 hours 41 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 830 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 STRONG COLD FRONT HAS SENT TEMPS PLUMMETG TO MID 30S-UPPER 40S OVER CWA THIS EVE. FRONT HAS OF COURSE STABLIZED AIRMASS AND MOIST DIV SHOWG UP NOW WITH MOIST CONV WELL S NEAR PAH. KILN 88D SHOWS RW-/SW- MAINLY N OF I-70. I DO NOT THINK T-STORMS WL OCCUR REST OF NIGHT...AND TEMPS AFTER ALREADY TAKING THE PLUNGE WL FALL VERY SLOWLY EXCEPT IN THE FAR S. MON SETTING UP TO BE A GOOD TEMP BUST DAY. 12Z ETA AND NGM KEEP FRONT POISED TO OUR S MON MORN AND THEN INTO FAR S OH BY 00Z TUE. N KY AND SE IN MAY HEAT UP QUICKLY WHILE AREAS JUST N OF THE FNT STAY COOL. FOR C OH AND EC IND HIGHS WL BE IN THE 50S AT BEST. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVR RGN MON IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENG TROF IN ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS. FNT COULD BE FOCUS FOR A FEW T-STORMS BUT UPPER RIDGE/CAPPING MAY OVERCOME. WL HAVE TO MENTION CHC T-STORMS NEAR AND SOUTH OF FNT IN S OH...N KY AND SE IN. FNT PROGGED BY NGM AND ETA TO SURGE NORTH THRU CWA MON NGT. I EXPECT DRY WX BEHIND FNT IN WARM SECTOR. TUE IS SIZING UP TO BE A WILD DAY WITH THERMAL RIDGE POKING INTO RGN...GULF MOISTURE AVAILABLE AND COLD FRONT APPROACHING. TUE LT AFT AND OVERNIGHT PD HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE BUSIER THAN THIS PAST WEEKEND EVENT. SANDLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 11:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 12:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 12:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 12:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 12:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 1:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 2:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 2:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 10:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 3 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.