Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1995, 10:46 AM EDT for Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 10:46 AM EDT (14:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1995, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Van Wert County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 526 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 614 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 101450 FFWILN OHC161-101745- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1046 AM EDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...VAN WERT COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION OCCURRING OVER VAN WERT COUNTY. THE EMA DIRECTOR HAS REPORTED SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND WATER COVERING ROADWAYS. PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. 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 WA~TER LEVEL AHEAD OF YOU...TURN AROUND AND TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE. & DISTEFANO
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, 14 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 8:30 PM EDT, 14 hours 16 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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 10, 8:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 830 AM EDT MON APR 10 1995 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1157 PM MILAN IN .75 INCH HAIL 04/09/95 RIPLEY 1226 AM WILMINGTON OH .75 INCH HAIL 04/10/95 CLINTON 0100 AM CAMDEN OH .75 INCH HAIL 04/10/95 0115 AM KINGMAN OH .75 INCH HAIL 04/10/95 CLINTON 0115 AM GREEN BUSH OH 60 MPH TSTM GUST 04/10/95 PREBLE SEVERAL TREES DOWN 0130 AM KETTERING OH 78 MPH TSTM GUST 04/10/95 MONTGOMERY 0200 AM KETTERING OH .75 INCH HAIL 04/10/95 MONTGOMERY 0205 AM 5 S FRANKLIN OH .75 INCH HAIL 04/10/95 WARREN 0255 AM WILMINGTON OH .75 INCH HAIL 04/10/95 CLINTON LOTT
Local storm report, Apr 10, 8:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 830 AM EDT MON APR 10 1995 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1157 PM MILAN IN .75 INCH HAIL 04/09/95 RIPLEY 1226 AM WILMINGTON OH .75 INCH HAIL 04/10/95 CLINTON 0100 AM CAMDEN OH .75 INCH HAIL 04/10/95 0115 AM KINGMAN OH .75 INCH HAIL 04/10/95 CLINTON 0115 AM GREEN BUSH OH 60 MPH TSTM GUST 04/10/95 PREBLE SEVERAL TREES DOWN 0130 AM KETTERING OH 78 MPH TSTM GUST 04/10/95 MONTGOMERY 0200 AM KETTERING OH .75 INCH HAIL 04/10/95 MONTGOMERY 0205 AM 5 S FRANKLIN OH .75 INCH HAIL 04/10/95 WARREN 0255 AM WILMINGTON OH .75 INCH HAIL 04/10/95 CLINTON LOTT
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, 6:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Shelby | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.