Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Feb 27, 1996, 10:00 PM EST for Adams County, Ohio. It was in force for 5 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
- Feb 27, 1996, 10:00 PM EST (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 1996, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 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
- 616 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 280302 FFWILN OHC001-280800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1000 PM EST TUE FEB 27 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST OHIO ...ADAMS COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE DEPOSITED BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER ADAMS COUNTY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED SOME STREAMS TO RISE ABOVE BANKFULL AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS HAVE REPORTED A STREAM FLOWING ACROSS STATE ROUTE 247...21/2 MILES NORTH OF WEST ADAMS. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TDEPOSIT UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BEFORE COMING TO END AROUND 1 AM. 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 FLOO$D WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. RANDALL &
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 Feb 27, 9:09 PM EST, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 9:09 PM EST, 51 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 850 PM EST TUE FEB 27 1996 LINE OF TRWS TO MOVE EAST OUT OF FA WITH WITH LINGERING RWS TO END A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT BY 1AM. WEVE GOTTEN SOME REPORTS OF LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING SO FAR BUT NOTHING MORE AS OF YET. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR SW OH BY MORNING WITH A RETURN OF LOW CLOUDS AND SOME FLURRIES TOM AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. TOM NIGHTS TEMPS SHOULD HOLD UP DUE TO CLOUDS AND THEN NO6T TOO MUCH OF A RISE ON THURSDAY ALTHOUGH SKIES WILL BE MOSLTY SUNNY. ZONE PACKAGE OUT LOOKS GOOD TEMPS AND GEN WX WISE. CMH 33/36/14/28 9220 DAY 27/33/13/28 4000 CVG 31/36/16/30 4000 MANOUSOS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 27, 7:36 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024-025-034-035-042-INZ050-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 730 PM EST TUE FEB 27 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHWEST OHIO AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.. SOME OF WHICH WERE SEVERE.. HAS MOVED EAST INTO WEST OHIO AND NORTH KENTUCKY AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT FOR AREAS WEST OF THE LINE. MANOUSOS
Special weather statement, Feb 27, 8:50 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
OHZ026-042-043-044-045-057-052>054-060>062-070>072-077-078-INZ058-059- 066-073>075-080-KYZ089-096-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 850 PM EST TUE FEB 27 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR MOST OF WEST OHIO AND PARTS OF NORTHER KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR WEST OHIO AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.. SOME OF WHICH WERE SEVERE.. HAS MOVED EAST INTO CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT FOR AREAS WEST OF THE LINE. MANOUSOS
Special weather statement, Feb 27, 8:52 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
OHZ026-042-043-044-045-057-052>054-060>062-070>072-077-078-INZ058-059- 066-073>075-080-KYZ089-096-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 850 PM EST TUE FEB 27 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR MOST OF WEST OHIO AND PARTS OF NORTHER KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR WEST OHIO AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.. SOME OF WHICH WERE SEVERE.. HAS MOVED EAST INTO CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT FOR AREAS WEST OF THE LINE. MANOUSOS
Local storm report, Feb 27, 9:39 PM EST, 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 935 PM EST TUE FEB 27 1995 TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 545 PM WEST UNION OH HAIL-3/4 INCH 2/27/96 ADAMS 610 PM LOCUST GROVE OH HAIL-3/4 INCH 2/27/96 ADAMS 624 PM EASTERN PART OH WIND DAMAGE-POWER LINES 2/27/96 WAYNE DOWN KELLS
Special weather statement, Feb 27, 9:45 PM EST, 15 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088- INZ50-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ090-100-280600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 945 PM EST TUE FEB 27 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO... AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY... THERE IS NO LONGER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ANY PART OF OHIO... KENTUCKY... OR INDIANA. THE LINE OF STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND HAS MOVED TO CENTRAL AND EAST KENTUCKY. THIS LINE OF RAIN AND SHOWERS NO LONGER POSES A THREAT FOR PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. MANOUSOS
Special weather statement, Feb 27, 9:52 PM EST, 8 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088- INZ50-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ090-100-280600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 945 PM EST TUE FEB 27 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO... AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY... THERE IS NO LONGER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ANY PART OF OHIO... KENTUCKY... OR INDIANA. THE LINE OF STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND HAS MOVED TO CENTRAL AND EAST KENTUCKY. THIS LINE OF RAIN AND SHOWERS NO LONGER POSES A THREAT FOR PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. MANOUSOS
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.