Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 1996, 6:58 PM EDT for Adams County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 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, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1996, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 042306 COR FFWILN OHC001-050100- BULLETIN - FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 705 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST OHIO ...ADAMS COUNTY AT 7 PM...COUNTY SHERIFF FROM ADAMS INDICATED THAT SOME ROADS WERE STILL UNDER WATER AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. SOME ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND THEREFORE THE FLOOD WARNING WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH 9 PM. NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY. YOU CAN EASILY BECOME STRANDED OR TRAPPED. THE DEPTH OF WATER IS NOT ALWAYS OBV.IOUS. IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT THE ROAD CONDITION OR THE WATER LEVEL AHEAD OF YOU...TURN AROUND AND TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE. FARINA CORRECTION TO TAKE OUT EBS ACTIVATION
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, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 1:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute 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
Local storm report, May 4, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 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, 2 hours 28 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
Special weather statement, May 4, 5:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
OHZ042-051-060-061-070-071-077-078-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 515 PM EST SAT MAY 4 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE MIAMI VALLEY AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE DAYTON AND CINCINNATI METRO AREAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RANDALL
Local storm report, May 4, 5:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON,OH
551 PM EDT SAT MAY 04 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0540 PM SCIOTO x OH TORNADO
05/04/96 MINFORD NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES FROM
POSSIBLE TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN.
ARSpecial weather statement, May 4, 6:22 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
OHZ053>055-062>065-074-072-073-079>082-088-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 621 PM EST SAT MAY 4 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED EAST INTO SOUTH EAST OHIO. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RANDALL
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 | 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, 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.