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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 1996, 7:35 PM EDT for Dearborn County, Franklin County, Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 5 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
- Apr 29, 1996, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1996, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dearborn County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ripley County, IN
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 29, 1:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 1:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 155 PM EDT MON APR 29 1996 TRW'S DEVELOPING ACROSS WRN KY AND SRN IN THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WRN OH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH SUN...AREA IS MORE UNSTABLE THAN MODELS DEPICT. LOOP FROM KLVX INDICATES STORMS MOVING MORE NORTH THAN EAST. MODELS INDICATE UPPER TROF TO DEEPEN WHICH WL MAKE UPPER WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY AND RAIN MOVE OVER SAME AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUS THINK THAT WITH COUNTY FLOOD GUIDANCE IN THE .50 INCHES/HOUR AND CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS FLOOD WATCH SHOULD C0NTINUED PER COOORDINATION WITH CLE. CONDITIONS TO BE BECOME STABLE BY 12Z TUE SO CHC RW ONLY LOOKS GOOD FOR TUE AND TUE NIGHT. TEMPS NEARLY STEADY ON TUE WITH CAA AND CLOSE TO MOS ALL PERIODS. SVR TSTM WATCH BOX JUST ISSUED FOR SERN IND...NRN KY...AND SWRN OH. CVG 48/54/40/60 DAY 47/51/39/59 CMH 50/55/37/57 WILKINSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-300300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 423 PM EDT (323 PM EST) MON APR 29 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EASTWARD INTO KENTUCKY AND AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR INDIANA. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WERE RECEIVED. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON ...RETRANSMITTED WITH PROPER HEADING...
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-300300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 424 PM EDT (323 PM EST) MON APR 29 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EASTWARD INTO KENTUCKY AND OHIO SO IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR INDIANA. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WERE RECEIVED. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
OHZ026-044>046-052>056-064-065-073-074-081-082-088-300300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 500 PM EDT MON APR 29 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND THE EASTERN MIAMI VALLEY UNTIL 11 PM EDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...AND PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 8 PM EDT... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST OHIO WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO DURING THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS $SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AS THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LOTT
Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clermont | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clinton, Highland | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Madison | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Pickaway | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 18 min |
| Apr 29, 7:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin, Owen | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 1:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union, Wayne | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union | 5 hr |
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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.