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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 1996, 5:05 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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 4, 1996, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1996, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bracken County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Robertson County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 042106 FFWILN KYC023-081-135-161-191-201-050000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 505 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH KENTUCKY ...BRACKEN COUNTY...LEWIS COUNTY...MASON COUNTY ...ROBERTSON COUNTY AT 5 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN A LINE FROM GRANT COUNTY EAST TO LEWIS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST BUT THE LINE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. THE REPEATED HEAVY RAIN COULD WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME FLOODING. REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD DEATHS ARE THE RESULT OF EITHER DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS OR CHILDREN PLAYING IN FLOODED AREAS. NEVER DRIVE 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, 1:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 1:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 155 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 1996 PROBLEMS OF DAY ARE FLOODING AND POSSIBLE SVR WX. WESTERN OHIO...SERN IND...AND NRN KY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVR SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED IT LAST NIGHT AND DAYS BEFORE THAT. FAST FLOW CONTINUES WITH S/WVS KICKING OFF MCS'S EVERY FEW HOURS. MODELS KEEP THE SAME PATTERN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH FNT FLUCTUATING OVR CNTRL AND SRN OH WITH EACH SYSTEM THAT PASSES. WL NOT ATTEMPT TO TIME SYSTEMS AS ONE COULD FIRE ANYTIME. HOWEVER...BEST SETUPS ON THE MODELS ARE THROUGH 00Z TONIGHT AND BETWEEN 18Z SUN AND 00Z MON. MON MAY BE NICE AS HIGH PRESSURE AND STABLE CONDTIONS BUILD IN...BUJT RAIN MAY RETURN FOR TUES. WL RAISE TEMPS FOR SUN SIMILAR TO TODAY...OTHERWISE FOLLOWED MOS. CVG 57/75/54/68 6640 DAY 54/67/50/66 6640 CMH 54/70/51/66 6640 WILKINSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 4, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
OHZ053>055-062>065-072>074-079>082-088-KYZ097-100-050300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 340 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 1996 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED EASTWARD INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT. STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THESE AREAS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE WESTERN SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON
Local storm report, May 4, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
347 PM EDT SAT MAY 04 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
335 PM
05/05/96 ADAMS CO OH HAIL 0.75 INCH
340 PM ADAMS CO OH HAIL 1.00 INCH
05/05/96
WILKINSONLocal storm report, May 4, 3:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON,OH
353 PM EDT SAT MAY 04 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
350 PM LAGRANGE HAIL 0.75 INCH
05/05/96 GALLATIN CO KY COVERING GROUND
WILKINSONLocal storm report, May 4, 3:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON, KY
400 PM EDT SAT MAY 04 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
350 PM LAGRANGE HAIL 0.75 INCH
05/04/96 GALLATIN CO KY COVERING GROUND
WILKINSON
CORRECTED FOR DATE OF SVR WXLocal storm report, May 4, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON, KY
400 PM EDT SAT MAY 04 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
349 PM SOUTHWEST PART HAIL 0.75 INCH
05/04/96 PIKE CO OH COVERING GROUND
FARINASpecial weather statement, May 4, 4:30 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 330 PM EST SAT MAY 4 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND THE WHITEWATER VA^LLEY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED INTO OHIO. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND THE WHITEWATER VALLEY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. FARINA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 11:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll | 3 hr |
| May 3, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen | 67 min |
| May 3, 11:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone | 3 hr |
| May 3, 11:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Kenton | 3 hr |
| May 4, 12:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 60 min |
| May 4, 12:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 70 min |
| May 4, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason | 60 min |
| May 4, 12:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken | 117 min |
| May 4, 12:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mason | 2 hr |
| May 4, 3:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 32 min |
| May 4, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 31 min |
| May 4, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant | 51 min |
| May 4, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 54 min |
| May 4, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 51 min |
| May 4, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason | 26 min |
| May 4, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 37 min |
| May 4, 5:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 28 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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.