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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 1996, 3:23 AM EDT for Preble County, Ohio; Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. 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 4, 1996, 3:23 AM EDT (07:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1996, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Preble County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 040725 FFWILN INC161-177-OHC135-041030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 323 AM EDT (223 AM EST) SAT MAY 4 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM EDT (530 AM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...UNION COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...PREBLE COUNTY AT 322 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN WAYNE...NORTHERN UNION...AND CENTRAL PREBLE COUNTIES IN THE LAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND FLOODING IS LIKELY. 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 FLOODIN@G WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. WILKINSON
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 4, 3:09 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 3:09 AM EDT, 14 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 310 AM EDT SAT MAY 4 1996 88D AND SAT PICS INDICATE FIRST BOUT OF SVR CONVECTION MOVING TO THE EAST OUT OF SRN PORTION OF FA. NEXT ROUND GETTING READY TO MOVE INTO WRN OH. THIS AREA OF CONVECTION...NOW IN INDIANA...LOCATED IN MARGINALLY STABLE AREA...THUS PRODUCING LOTS OF LIGHTNING AND HVY RAIN. PROBLEM WILL BE TO DETERMINE THE PREFERRED MODEL AND THEN TIME THE WX INTO FA. ALL MODELS DIFFER AT THIS TIME. PREFERENCE IS AVN. WITH STRONG MID TO UPPER LEVEL WESTERLY FLOW...FEEL ETA PUSHES FRONT TOO FAR TO THE SOUTH. GRIDDED DATA APPEARS TO BRING A BREAK IN THE PRECIP OVER FA TDY. STRONG/DEEP UVV EVIDENT INTO EARLY MORNING TDY...THEN AGAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT...ABOUT 03Z...THROUGH MID MORNING ON SUNDAY. DYNAMICALLY INDUCED SYSTEMS RESULT FROM LOW LEVEL FRONTAL POSITION AND WEAK MID LEVEL PERTERBATIONS. EXPECT RW/TRW DURING THESE PERIODS...WITH MAINLY R/RW DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...POSSIBLY ENDING BY EARLY AFTERNOON SUNDAY. DISTEFANO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 4, 1:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
OHZ078-079-081-082-088-KYZ090>100-040900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 125 AM EDT SAT MAY 4 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO AND PARTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 5 AM EDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS. EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. DISTEFANO
Local storm report, May 4, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
139 AM EDT SAT MAY 04 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
100 AM COUNTYWIDE OH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
05/04/96 BROWN SOME IN 3-4 MILE PATH
POWER WIRES DOWN
1212 AM PENDLETON KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/96 COUNTY
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES
DOWN
WILKINSONLocal storm report, May 4, 1:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
148 AM EDT SAT MAY 04 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
100 AM AUGUSTA
05/05/96 BRACKEN CO KY WIND DAMAGE
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES
DOWNED
100 AM AUGUSTA WIND DAMAGE
05/04/96 BRACKEN CO KY FLAG POLE BENT BY WINDS
WILKINSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 67 min |
| May 4, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 67 min |
| May 4, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 60 min |
| May 4, 12:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 2 hr |
| May 4, 1:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 53 min |
| May 4, 1:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 53 min |
| May 4, 1:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Clinton | 50 min |
| May 4, 3:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 3 hr |
| May 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Darke, Miami, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| May 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Greene | 4 hr |
| May 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Preble | 4 hr |
| May 4, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 53 min |
| May 4, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 32 min |
| May 4, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 25 min |
| May 4, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 21 min |
| May 4, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 29 min |
| May 4, 3:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 27 min |
| May 4, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 48 min |
| May 4, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 66 min |
| May 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 47 min |
| May 4, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 26 min |
| May 4, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 37 min |
| May 4, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 64 min |
| May 4, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Scioto | 47 min |
| May 4, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 2 hr |
| May 4, 7:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pike | 2 hr |
| May 3, 10:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Ohio, Switzerland | 61 min |
| May 3, 11:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio | 3 hr |
| May 3, 11:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 3 hr |
| May 4, 2:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette | 3 hr |
| May 4, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin | 2 hr |
| May 4, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 10 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.