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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 1996, 1:50 PM EDT for Greene County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 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, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1996, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 041751 FFWILN INC161-177-OHC021-023-037-057-109-113-135-042200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 150 PM EDT (1250 PM EST) SAT MAY 4 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6 PM EDT (5 PM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...UNION COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...CHAMPAIGN COUNTY...CLARK COUNTY...DARKE COUNTY ...GREENE COUNTY...MIAMI COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...PREBLE COUNTY HEAVY RAIN IS HEADED BACK INTO THE MIAMI AND WHITEWATER VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR WITH ANY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS OF PRECIPITATION. REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD DEATHS ARE THE RESULT OF EITHER DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS OR CHILDREN PLAYING IN FLOODED AREAS. NEVER DRI4VE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER LEVEL MAY BE MUCH DEEPER THAN YOU THINK...OR THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT COMPLETELY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES OR STREAMS. FARINA
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, 9:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 9:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 940 AM EDT SAT MAY 4 1996 SFC BNDRY LOCATED OVR FCST AREA THIS AM...THRU E CNTL IN/DAY VCNTY AND PTS N...BUT STILL SLGTLY N/W OF CMH-CVG AND PTS S/E. AS SFC WV MOVES OUT OF OF NE OH AND INTO PA...N SECTION OF FRNT MAY PUSH A BIT FARTHER S/E...BUT W END OF FRNT SHUD REMAIN CLOSE TO CURRNT PSN TDA. ACRS FCST AREA...PATCHES OF LOW CLDS/FOG LEFTOVER FROM OVERNITE RAIN. WHERE LOW CLDS HAVE SCT OUT...SUN FILTERED BY HI OVC BLOWN OFF UPSTRM MCS. WIDELY SCT RW ACRS IN/W OH...BUT DO NOT EXPECT THESE SHOWERS TO INTENSIFY DUE TO TEMPORARY STABILIZATION FROM EARLY AM RAIN. FARTHER UPSTREAM...IMPRESSIVE MCS MOVG INTO E MO/W IL...WL BE APPROACHING FCST AREA BY MID AFTN. QUESTION IS WHETHER FEATURE WL WEAKEN BEFORE IT MOVES INTO REGION...BUT RW/TRW APPR LIKELY/PSBLY SVR...ESP S HLF OF AREA. CONT FLOOD WATCH ACRS OH COUNTIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH SUGGESTED IN/KY COUNTIES. AFTN TMPSV 65-70 N/NW...ARND 70 CNTL...70-75 S. ROWLEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 4, 1:04 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
OHZ042-051-060-061-070-071-077-078-KYZ089>096-INZ050-058-059- 066-073>075-080-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 104 PM EST SAT MAY 4 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT (6 PM EST) FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA... THE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY...MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM EDT (6 PM EST) FOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN OHIO...EASTERN INDIANA...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH WARM AND HUMID AIR MOVING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION...THE CONDITIONS ARE SETTING UP FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMANGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA: CINCINNATI...DAYTON...RICHMOND AND DRY RIDGE KELLS
The 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, 3:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Preble | 3 hr |
| 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 | 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 |
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.