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Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 22, 1995Clermont County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1995, 2:54 PM EDT for Clermont County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1995, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Clermont County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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 221857
FFWILN
OHC025-222300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
254 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...CLERMONT COUNTY
 
AT 255 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN WILMINGTON
INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN 2 PM
AND 4 PM OVER NORTH CENTRAL...AND EASTERN CLERMONT COUNTY.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE HEAVY RAINS CAN WASH OVER ROADS AND MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT.
 
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.
 
DANGELO

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 22, 9:55 AM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:55 AM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
955 AM EDT THU JUN 22 1995

UPR LO OVR EXTR WRN NC MOVS SLOLY NWRD INTO SRN WV THRU PD...WHILE
UPR RDG AXIS REMAINS POISED TO OUR W FM SRN PLNS THRU GRTLKS. MRNG
SOUNDING AT DAY SHWS LI OF -2 SLGTLY MORE STBL THAN YDA. HOWEVER...WNDS
BACK SLGTLY BTWN H7 AND H5 INDICATING SOME CAA ALFT. LOOKING TO EAST
AT MRNG SOUNDINGS OVR PIT AND HTS WUD XPCT SOME SLGT COOLING ALFT TDA.
LTST SFC ANLYS SHWS BACK DOOR FNT ACRS SRN GRTLKS THRU NRN OH...WITH TROF
AXIS ACRS SRN OH...A BNDRY FM NE OH THRU W CNTRL OH AND ANOTHER DISTINCT
BNDRY ACRS CNTRL IN. ALSO HV DWPT POOLING WI 65+ DWPTS ACRS SE INTO N
CNTRL OH. XPCT FOG ACRS SRN OH TO BURN OFF GIVING WAY TO HAZY SS. WITH
INSTBY AXIS ACRS SRN OH AND NUMEROUS CNVTV BNDRYS ACRS AREA XPCT TSTMS TO
DVLP AGN TDA. THETA E RDG AXIS RMNS ACRS SRN OH...AND WI REL HI PRECIP WATER
VALUES XPCT TO SEE SOME HVY RAINERS AGN TDA. WK SHEAR PROFILE...XPCT PULSE
TYPE STMS AGN WITH LRG A PSBL WITH WBZ HGT OF 10600 FT AT DAY.

TEMP WISE...BASED ON PARTIAL SS AND H85 TEMPS GOING FCST OF A COUPLE
DEG COOLER THAN YDA/S HI/S LOOKS GOOD.

CVG 86/65/85  434
DAY 86/64/84  434
CMH 87/63/84  434

RANDALL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 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>075-080-222000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTS DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1132 AM EDT THU JUN 22 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...COLUMBUS AND
CHILLICOTHE.

THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AND/OR
LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. THEREFORE...
SKYWARN AND HAM RADIO NETS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED THIS AFTERNOON.

RANDALL
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:33 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 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>075-080-222000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1132 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...COLUMBUS AND
CHILLICOTHE.

THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AND/OR
LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. THEREFORE...
SKYWARN AND HAM RADIO NETS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED THIS AFTERNOON.

RANDALL
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:39 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 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>075-080-222000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTS DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1132 AM EDT THU JUN 22 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...COLUMBUS AND
CHILLICOTHE.

THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AND/OR
LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. THEREFORE...
SKYWARN AND HAM RADIO NETS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED THIS AFTERNOON.

RANDALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont44 min
Jun 22, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown51 min
Jun 22, 3:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown4 hr
Jun 22, 5:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHamilton3 hr
Jun 22, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble62 min
Jun 22, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler55 min
Jun 22, 6:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams3 hr
Jun 22, 6:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler3 hr
Jun 22, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Greene43 min
Jun 22, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene31 min

Nearby

Flash 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.