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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 3, 1995Boone County, Kenton County, Kentucky; Hamilton County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1995, 5:08 AM EDT for Boone County, Kenton County, Kentucky; Hamilton County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1995, 5:08 AM EDT (09:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1995, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boone County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Hamilton County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 1995-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 574 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 1995-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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 030906
FFWILN
KYC015-037-117-OHC061-031200-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
508 AM EDT SAT JUN 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
 
   ...BOONE COUNTY...CAMPBELL COUNTY...KENTON COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE CINCINNATI
METRO AREA THIS MORNING. WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER
1 INCH OF RAINFALL SINCE 4 AM ACROSS NORTHERN BOONE...SOUTHERN HAMILTON
...NORTHERN KENTON...AND NORTHERN CAMBELL COUNTIES.
 
CINCINNATI POLICE REPORT SOME ROADS IN SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY
COVERED BY 1 FOOT OF WATER.
 
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.
 
RANDALL
 
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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 Jun 3, 2:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
230 AM EDT SAT JUN 3 1995

UPR LO OVR W CNTRL IL WL OPEN UP AND MOV E TDA ACRS SRN GRTLKS W UPR
RDGG OVR OH TNGT AND SUN AS NXT UPR LO MOVS INTO THE CNTRL PLNS. LTST
SFC ANLYS SHWS LO OVR LH WITH TROF EXTNDG SWD TO LO OVR W CNTRL IL.
SCTD SHWRS/TSTMS MOVG ACRS SW AND CNTRL OH ATTM. XPCT SCTD TSTMS
TDA ACRS OH AS UPR SYS MOVS OVR STA. BEST CHC WL BE ACRS NRN OH TDA
WITH LO POPS ACRS SRN OH. SHUD BE GOOD DEAL OF CU DVLPMNT TDA ACRS
SRN OH AND NRN KY WHERE PTLY SUNNY SHUD DO. PATCHY DNS FOG ACRS NW OH
SHUD GIVE MSTLY CLDY SKIES WITH SHWRS AND TSTMS LKLY TDA.

TNGT CLRG SHUD TAKE PLACE AS TROF AXIS SWINGS THRU AREA. WITH LGT WNDS
AND CLRG SOME FOG PSBL LT TNGT BUT ATTM NOT WORTH MENTG IN PUBLIC PROD
BUT WL INTRO MENT IN CVG TAF.

SUN PROMISES TO BE NICE DAY WITH SFC RDG OVR GRTLKS. DO NOT XPCT CU
SUN WITH JUST SOME HI THIN CI SPILLING OVR H5 RDG DURG AFTN. TEMP WISE
FAN AND FWC CLOSE BUT PREFER WRMR FWC NUMBERS WITH TDA/S HI/S. PREFER
A COMP BTWN COOLER FAN AND WRMR FWC WITH TNGTS LOWS AND CLOSE
TO FWC NUMBERS WITH SUN/S HI/S. POP WISE FAN LOOKS TOO BALLISTIC
WITH SCTD ACTVTY XPCTD TDA.

CVG 78/59/82  310
DAY 77/57/81  420
CMH 77/58/80  531

RANDALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 5:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNCampbell3 hr
Jun 3, 1:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFranklin2 hr
Jun 3, 1:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLicking2 hr
Jun 3, 2:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFairfield2 hr
Jun 3, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan33 min
Jun 3, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Hocking40 min
Jun 3, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin33 min
Jun 3, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware35 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.