Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Apr 29, 1996, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)

Expired

Apr 29, 1996, 11:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KILN 290841
FFWILN
KYC015-023-037-OHC047-017-025-027-061-165-021-023-037-057-109-113-
135-291500-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
440 AM EDT MON APR 29 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 AM
EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
 
   ...BOONE COUNTY...BRACKEN COUNTY...CAMPBELL COUNTY
 
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...BUTLER COUNTY...CLERMONT COUNTY...CLINTON COUNTY
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY...PREBLE COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...CHAMPAIGN COUNTY...CLARK COUNTY...DARKE COUNTY
   ...GREENE COUNTY...MIAMI COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION WITH MANY AREAS IN GREATER
DAYTON AND CINCINNATI RECEIVING BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TWO AND ONE-HALF
INCHES EARLY THIS MORNING. HEAVIER RAIN HAS BEEN MOVING ACROSS THE SAME
AREAS AND EXTENDS ALL THE WAY BACK ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO AND FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
 
NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS OR NEAR BANKFUL.
INDIAN CREEK IN BUTLER COUNTY WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND EVACUATIONS
WERE TAKING PLACE IN THE TOWN OF REILY.
 
AT LEAST ONE TO TWO MORE INCHES OF RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL TODAY
ACROSS SOUTHWEST OHIO AND FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY CAUSING THE
FLOODING TO WORSEN AND WARNINGS MAY BE EXPANDED ACROSS THE REGION.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE^ FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
SANDLER
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NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 29, 2:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
255 AM EDT MON APR 29 1996

TOO BUSY FOR A REGULAR DISCUSSION.  FF THREAT IS HIGH AS NR 2 INCHES
HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN FAR N KY...SE AND EC IN...SW AND WC OH.  WOULD
LIKE FF WATCH FOR TODAY AND TNGT FOR THIS SAME AREA (AND C OH) AS SERIOUS
TRAINING OCCURRING THRU AT LEAST THIS MORNG AND THEN WITH APPROACH OF
LOW AND COLD FNT WL LOOK FOR MORE RW/TRW FOLLOWED BY BACKWASH MON NGT
INTO TUE.

RIGHT NOW NUMEROUS CREEKS OUT OF BANKS OR CLOSE AND SOME ROADS ARE
GETTING WATER OVER THEM BETWEEN CVG AND DAY.  NEXT PROBLEM WL BE
TRIBUTARIES TO THE OHIO RIVER.  HAVE NOT LOOKED AT SVR THREAT FOR
MON AFT AND EVNG...AM MORE CONCERNED WITH& FLOODING THREAT.

SANDLER

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.