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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 1996, 10:27 PM EST for Switzerland County, Indiana; Carroll County, Kentucky. 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
- May 3, 1996, 10:27 PM EST (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1996, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Switzerland County, IN, Carroll County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 040330 FFWILN INC029-115-155-KYC041-040630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1127 PM EDT (1027 PM EST) FRI MAY 3 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM EDT (130 AM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...DEARBORN COUNTY...OHIO COUNTY...SWITZERLAND COUNTY IN NORTH KENTUCKY ...CARROLL COUNTY AT 1125 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY. REPORTS RECIEVED FROM THE AREA INDICATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN... AND RADAR ESTIMATES ALSO INDICATED A LITTLE OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN ALONG THE SWITZERLAND AND OHIO COUNTIES LINE. 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. TORRENCE
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 May 3, 7:35 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 7:35 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 835 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 1996 LTST SFC ANLYS SHWS LO PRES OVR XTRM SRN ONT WITH TRAILING CDFNT FM N CNTRL OH THRU CNTRL IN...SRN IL AND CNTRL MO. SCTD SHWRS AND ISO TSTMS HV DVLPD IN ERN IN AND WRN OH. 1/2 INCH HAIL WAS CORRELATED WITH VIL OF 35 G/KG IN NRN DEARBORN CTY. WE THINK VIL OF DAY IS ARND 38. THIS CNVTN HS WEAKENED IN PAST HR. ATTENTION FOCUSES ON AREA OF STG CNVTN WHICH HS DVLPD JUST N OF E-W BNDRY OVR SRN IL WHERE BEST UPR SUPP AND WAA EXISTS. XPCT TSTM COMPLEX TO SLIDE E INTO SRN OH AND NRN OH WITH GOOD UPR DIV AND H8 CNVRGC WORKING INTO WRN FA TWD 06Z. ILN EVE SOUNDING SHWS CAPE ARND 1500 J/KG...LI=-4 AND FVRBL WBZ FOR LRG HAIL ARND 7000 FT. XPCT FNT FNTL BNDRY TO LAY OUT E-W PARALLEL TO UPR FLO ACRS OH VLY. XPCT CNVTN TO DIMINISH LT TNGT WITH ANOTHER ENHANCED CHC OF TSTM SAT AFTN ACRS SRN OH AND NRN KY. RECENT RAINS HV RIVERS RUNNING HI AND CTY FFG IS ARNDN 1/2 INCH PER HR. WL CONT FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK WITH HIGHLIGHT OVR SRN OH/SE IN/NRN KY AREA. RANDALL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 3, 7:01 PM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-KYZ089-090-094-030600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 800 PM EDT (700 PM EST) FRI MAY 3 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 2 AM EDT (1 AM EST)... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT (1 AM EST) FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. INDIANA COUNTIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE...FRANKLIN...RIPLEY...DEARBORN... OHIO...AND SWITZERLAND. COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...CARROLL...GALLATIN...AND OWEN. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 9:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Ohio, Switzerland | 61 min |
| May 3, 10:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio | 3 hr |
| May 4, 1:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette | 3 hr |
| May 4, 2:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Union, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 4, 12:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Union, Wayne | 4 hr |
| May 4, 1:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin | 2 hr |
| May 4, 2:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 10 min |
| May 3, 10:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen | 67 min |
| May 3, 10:44 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone | 3 hr |
| May 3, 10:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Kenton | 3 hr |
| May 3, 11:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 60 min |
| May 3, 11:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 70 min |
| May 3, 11:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason | 60 min |
| May 3, 11:48 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken | 117 min |
| May 3, 11:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mason | 2 hr |
| May 4, 2:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 32 min |
| May 4, 2:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 31 min |
| May 4, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant | 51 min |
| May 4, 3:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 54 min |
| May 4, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 51 min |
| May 4, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason | 26 min |
| May 4, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 37 min |
| May 4, 4:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 28 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.