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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 18, 1996Allen County, Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 1996, 9:10 AM EDT for Allen County, Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 1996, 9:10 AM EDT (13:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 1996, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 706 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILN 181311
FFWILN
OHC003-161-181615-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
910 AM EDT THU JUL 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...VAN WERT COUNTY
 
AT 910 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAD FALLEN OVERNIGHT IN MUCH OF ALLEN AND VAN WERT COUNTIES.
ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION HAD TAPERED OFF SLIGHTLY AFTER
SUNRISE....ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE COUNTIES
LATER THIS MORNING AND POSSIBLY INTO THIS AFTERNOON.
 
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.
 
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
 
DIAN

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 Jul 18, 2:43 AM EDT, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:43 AM EDT, 6 hours 27 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
245 AM EDT THU JUL 18 1996

WX PROB THIS RUN IS TIMING OF CNVCTN. LTST SFC MAP HAS WRMFNT FM IA
SE THRU CNTRL IN INTO W CNTRL OH. 40KT SWRLY H8 JET PUNCHING ACRS
THIS FNTL BNDRY IN NRN IL SETTING OFF MCC DVLPMNT. FIRST MCC FOLLOWING
1000/500 THCKNS LINES SE INTO WRN OH...WITH A SECOND MCC DVLPG OVR NRN
IL. XPCT TO SEE CONTD ACTVTY THRU ERLY MRNG IN WRN OH...WITH A MINOR LULL
IN ACTION WITH AMS RELOADING THRU ABT MID AFTN AND THEN AN ENCHANCED CHC
OF TSTMS FM MID AFTN THRU EVE WITH NXT SIG S/WV MOVG FM NRN PLNS INTO
WRN GRTLKS. H8 35 KT SWLY JET PUNCHING INTO WRN OH BY 00Z...WITH GOOD
H7 DRYING EVIDENT. DWPTS IN EXCESS OF 70 DEG IN PLACE...INSTBY WL INCRS
WITH MID LVL DRYING. THESE STMS WL HV PTNL TO PRODUCE DMMG WNDS. WL
ISSUE SPS HIGHLIGHTING THIS SVR-WX PNTL. XPCT ANOTHER LULL IN TSTM ACTVTY
LT TNGT INTO ERLY FRI OVR SRN OH WITH ANOTHER ENCHANCED CHC FRI AFTN
AS FNT DROPS S INTO OH VLY. TEMP WISE...HV GNRLY GONE WITH OR SLGTLY ABV
WRMR FWC GUID THRU PD.

CVG 90/74/91/67/84 545
DAY 89/72/88/65/83 756
CMH 90/73/89/66/83 766

RANDALL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:03 AM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-180900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
402 AM EDT (300 AM EST) THU JUL 18 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR FOR THE WHITEWATER
VALLEY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORNGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE WHITEWATER VALLEY AND
HAVE WEAKENED. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

RANDALL
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 6:21 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-181800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
620 AM EDT THU JUL 18 1996

...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS INDICATED
A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN INDIANA
...WEST CENTRAL OHIO...THE MIAMI VALLEY...AND CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING. SOME CITIES IN THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDE...DAYTON...
RICHMOND...LIMA...SPRINGFIELD AND COLUMBUS. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN FORECAST OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO...INCLUDING THE CINCINNATI
AND PORTSMOUTH AREAS.

VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY THIS MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS IS
FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY THIS EVENING. A WARM
FRONT WILL EXTEND EAST SOUTHEAST FROM THE LOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE GREAT LAKES BY THIS AFTERNOON.

STORMS WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN AREA AND MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. WHILE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS...A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE VERY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALSO FAVORS THE OCCURRENCE OF SOME LARGE HAIL.

THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME
PARTICULARLY DAMAGING WIND EVENTS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL FORECASTS AND
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS A SEVERE STORMS
APPROACHES.  LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV AND MONITOR THE NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR THESE STORMS.

RANDALL

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.