Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Jun 3, 1995, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)

Expired

Jun 3, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Fairfield County, OH

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TTAA00 KILN 031836
FFWILN
OHC045-032100-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
238 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...FAIRFIELD COUNTY
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DUMPED HEAVY RAINS ACROSS NORTHERN FAIRFIELD
COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW UP TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER NORTHWEST FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN THE PAST HOUR.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 4 PM WITH AREAS OF
HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING LIKELY.
 
REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD DEATHS ARE THE RESULT OF EITHER DRIVING
INTO FLOOD WATERS OR CHILDREN PLAYING IN FLOODED AREAS. NEVER 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 DIbTCHES OR STREAMS.
 
LOTT

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 3, 10:15 AM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1010 AM EDT SAT JUN 3 1995

DID SOUNDING MODIFICATIONS AS DID CLE FCSTR WITH THE SAME RESULTS.
MODERATE INSTAB PRESENT AS TROF MOVE THRU THIS AFT.  PCPT H20 STILL
HIGH SO EFFICIENT SOAKERS WITH SCT TSTMS...MAY EVEN BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
FM AROUND CMH EASTWARD AS NEW ETA SHOWS VORT MAX MOVG ACROSS THIS AREA
DURG EARLY AFT.  VORT MAX PROGGED TO NR PIT BY 00Z SUN.

FLOODING STILL A CONCERN ON A COUNTY-WIDE BASIS...PARTS OF N KY AND
SW OH HAVE ALREADY BEEN HIT HARD LAST FEW DAYS SO WL KEEP CLOSE EYE
ON THOSE AREAS THIS AFT.  TRW ACTIVITY SHOULD END THIS EVE ESP IN
W AS SFC FNT FINALLY COMES THRU WITH DRIER AIR.  BETTER WX FOR SUNDAY.

SANDLER

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.