Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 1995, 5:18 PM EDT for Auglaize County, Mercer County, Shelby County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Auglaize County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Shelby County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 212119 FFWILN OHC011-107-149-220115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 518 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...AUGLAIZE COUNTY...MERCER COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER NORTWEST SHELBY...SOUTHERN AUGLAIZE AND SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY. SMALL STREAMS WILL RISE IN RESPONSE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING IS EXPECTED. WATER WILL ALSO POND ON ROADWAYS CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING...HIKING...RAFTING...OR CAMPING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS NOW. REMEMBER THAT FLOODING CAN OCCUR VERY QUICKLY...EVEN IF IT IS NOT RAINING HEAVILY IN YOUR AREA. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND,. FARINA
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 21, 3:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 3:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 300 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995 NO FORECAST COORDINATION DISCUSSION TDA DUE TO SVR WX. HAYDU
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 11:48 AM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082- 086-KYZ089>100-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1147 AM EDT WED JUN 21 1995 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY INDICATES THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA...WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE RISK AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CINCINNATI...DAYTON AND COLUMBUS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THIS AREA AS A WEAK COLD FRONT SLOWLY DROPS SOUTH INTO CENTRAL OHIO BY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AND/OR LARGE HAIL. THEREFORE...SKYWARN AND AMATEUR RADIO NETS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED THIS AFTERNOON. AS SOON AS TEMPERATURES DROP THIS EVENING...THE THREAT OF SEVER E THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH. RANDALL
Local storm report, Jun 21, 11:59 AM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1159 AM EDT WED JUN 21 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM NEW TRENTON IN TRAILER OFF FOUNDATION
6/20/95 FRANKLIN AND COLIDED WITH CAR
DUE TO HIGH WATER
1204 AM 2W LEISTVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE TREES
6/21/95 PICKAWAY DOWNED
1220 AM ASHVILLE OH 3/4 IN HAIL
6/21/95 PICKAWAY
503 AM 2W BETHEL OH 3/4 IN HAIL
6/21/95 CLERMONT
SAM
CORRECTION TO CHANGE STATION NAME TO WILMINGTON OHLocal storm report, Jun 21, 12:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1200 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
150 PM MAGNETIC SPRINGS OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
200 PM PIQUA OH TREES DOWN NEAR
6/2/95 MIAMI PIQUA. TREE FELL
ON A HOUSE. ROOF
BLOWN OFF HANGER
DAMAGED 3 SMALL
AIRCRAFT.
200-300 PM LIBERTY IN 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
210 PM EDT CLAIRBORNE IN 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
230-330 PM UNION COUNTY OH FLOODING HIGH WATER
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY ON ROADWAYS
245 PM SIDNEY OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
245 PM 1W DELAWARE RIVER OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 DELAWARE COUNTY
245-345 PM NEAR LOCKINGTON OH FLOODING OF FIELDS
06/21/95 SHELBY AND RURAL ROADS
250 PM 1W DELAWARE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 DELAWARE COUNTY
300 PM CAMDEN OH 2 FOOT OF WATER ON
06/21/95 PREBLE COUNTY CITY STREETS AND
NUMEROUS BASEMENTS
FLOODED.
310 PM 3W ESSEX OH 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
313 PM EDT BATH IN .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 FRANKLIN COUNTY
315 PM EDT MT VICTORY OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 HARDIN COUNTY
315 PM EDT MT STERLING OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 MADISON COUNTY
333 PM OXFORD OH TREES DOWNED
06/21/95 BUTLER COUNTY
338 PM OXFORD OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 BUTLER COUNTY
355 PM FAIRBORN OH 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 MONTOGMERY COUNTY
400 PM DELAWARE OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 DELAWARE COUNTY
400-430 PM UNION COUNTY OH .5 - .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 FRANKLIN COUNTY IN
410 PM ST MARYS OH WIND DAMAGE TREES
06/21/95 MERCER COUNTY DOWNED AND HOUSE
DAMAGED
419 PM 1 N RICHWOOD OH ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
430-500 PM BROWNSVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE TREES
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY DOWNED
435 PM 5 W DELAWARE OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 DEARBORN COUNTY
445 PM MT STERLING OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 MADISON COUNTY
454 PM AMITY OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 MADISON COUNTY
457 PM HUBER HEIGHTS OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 MONTOGMERY COUNTY
500-530 PM RICHWOOD OH .75 - 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
507 PM ALUM CREEK LAKE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 DELAWARE COUNTY
515 PM CONNERSVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE POWER
06/21/95 FAYETTE COUNTY LINES DOWNED
520 PM DAYTON OH WIND DAMAGE
06/20/95 MONTOGMERY COUNTY TREES DOWNED
520 PM COLLINSVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 BUTLER COUNTY
530 PM FAIRHAVEN OH WIND DAMAGE
06/21/95 PREBLE COUNTY TREES DOWN
530 PM SPRINGBORO OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 WARREN COUNTY
530-600 PM CLARK COUNTY OH WIND DAMAGE POWER
06/21/95 CLARK COUNTY POWER LINES DOWNED
545 PM UPPER ARLINGTON OH WIND DAMAGE TREES
06/21/95 FRANKLIN COUNTY DOWNED
600-700 PM SOUTH OF CELINA OH FLOODING OF FIELDS
06/21/95 MERCER AND RURAL ROADS
615 PM DELAWARE COUNTY OH FLOODING HIGH
06/21/95 DELAWARE COUNTY WATER COUNTYWIDE
SAM/MJSLocal storm report, Jun 21, 12:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1200 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
150 PM MAGNETIC SPRINGS OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
200 PM PIQUA OH TREES DOWN NEAR
6/2/95 MIAMI PIQUA. TREE FELL
ON A HOUSE. ROOF
BLOWN OFF HANGER
DAMAGED 3 SMALL
AIRCRAFT.
200-300 PM LIBERTY IN 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
210 PM EDT CLAIRBORNE IN 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
230-330 PM UNION COUNTY OH FLOODING HIGH WATER
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY ON ROADWAYS
245 PM SIDNEY OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
245 PM 1W DELAWARE RIVER OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 DELAWARE COUNTY
245-345 PM NEAR LOCKINGTON OH FLOODING OF FIELDS
06/21/95 SHELBY AND RURAL ROADS
250 PM 1W DELAWARE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 DELAWARE COUNTY
300 PM CAMDEN OH 2 FOOT OF WATER ON
06/21/95 PREBLE COUNTY CITY STREETS AND
NUMEROUS BASEMENTS
FLOODED.
310 PM 3W ESSEX OH 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
313 PM EDT BATH IN .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 FRANKLIN COUNTY
315 PM EDT MT VICTORY OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 HARDIN COUNTY
315 PM EDT MT STERLING OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 MADISON COUNTY
333 PM OXFORD OH TREES DOWNED
06/21/95 BUTLER COUNTY
338 PM OXFORD OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 BUTLER COUNTY
355 PM FAIRBORN OH 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 MONTOGMERY COUNTY
400 PM DELAWARE OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 DELAWARE COUNTY
400-430 PM UNION COUNTY OH .5 - .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 FRANKLIN COUNTY IN
410 PM ST MARYS OH WIND DAMAGE TREES
06/21/95 MERCER COUNTY DOWNED AND HOUSE
DAMAGED
419 PM 1 N RICHWOOD OH ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
430-500 PM BROWNSVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE TREES
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY DOWNED
435 PM 5 W DELAWARE OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 DEARBORN COUNTY
445 PM MT STERLING OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 MADISON COUNTY
454 PM AMITY OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 MADISON COUNTY
457 PM HUBER HEIGHTS OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 MONTOGMERY COUNTY
500-530 PM RICHWOOD OH .75 - 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 UNION COUNTY
507 PM ALUM CREEK LAKE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 DELAWARE COUNTY
515 PM CONNERSVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE POWER
06/21/95 FAYETTE COUNTY LINES DOWNED
520 PM DAYTON OH WIND DAMAGE
06/20/95 MONTOGMERY COUNTY TREES DOWNED
520 PM COLLINSVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 BUTLER COUNTY
530 PM FAIRHAVEN OH WIND DAMAGE
06/21/95 PREBLE COUNTY TREES DOWN
530 PM SPRINGBORO OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 WARREN COUNTY
530-600 PM CLARK COUNTY OH WIND DAMAGE POWER
06/21/95 CLARK COUNTY POWER LINES DOWNED
545 PM UPPER ARLINGTON OH WIND DAMAGE TREES
06/21/95 FRANKLIN COUNTY DOWNED
600-700 PM SOUTH OF CELINA OH FLOODING OF FIELDS
06/21/95 MERCER AND RURAL ROADS
615 PM DELAWARE COUNTY OH FLOODING HIGH
06/21/95 DELAWARE COUNTY WATER COUNTYWIDE
SAM/MJSLocal storm report, Jun 21, 12:07 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1159 AM EDT WED JUN 21 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM NEW TRENTON IN TRAILER OFF FOUNDATION
6/20/95 FRANKLIN AND COLIDED WITH CAR
DUE TO HIGH WATER
1204 AM 2W LEISTVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE TREES
6/21/95 PICKAWAY DOWNED
1220 AM ASHVILLE OH 3/4 IN HAIL
6/21/95 PICKAWAY
503 AM 2W BETHEL OH 3/4 IN HApIL
6/21/95 CLERMONT
SAM
CORRECTION TO CHANGE STATION NAME TO WILMINGTON OHSpecial weather statement, Jun 21, 1:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
INZ074-058-066-075-073-080-059-050-OHZ025-035-079-070-052-053-078- 072-042-046-065-063-055-062-077-026-080-074-056-044-054-034-051- 061-064-060-016-073-043-045-024-071-211845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 136 PM EDT (1236 PM EST) WED JUN 21 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF OHIO AND INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CINCINNATI...COLUMBUS...DAYTON AND LIMA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN WILMINGTON INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO IN UNION AND LOGAN COUNTIES. AT 115 PM EDT THE3 STRONGEST STROM WAS NEAR BELLEFOUNTAINE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SHARTRAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 11:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 12:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 1:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 2:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 4:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 5:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 5:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan, Union | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 1:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Logan, Union | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan, Union | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 69 min |
| Jun 21, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 3:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Delaware | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 5:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Delaware | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Madison | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Union | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 60 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.