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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 4, 1996Pike County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 1996, 7:41 PM EDT for Pike 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, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1996, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Pike County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 1:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 44 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, 4:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 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, 2 hours 25 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 50 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.

AR
Special weather statement, May 4, 6:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 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
Special weather statement, May 4, 7:07 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams67 min
May 4, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont67 min
May 4, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown60 min
May 4, 12:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown, Clermont2 hr
May 4, 1:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNScioto53 min
May 4, 1:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto53 min
May 4, 1:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams3 hr
May 4, 3:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Clinton50 min
May 4, 3:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPreble3 hr
May 4, 3:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMontgomery3 hr
May 4, 4:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams3 hr
May 4, 1:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Darke, Miami, Montgomery4 hr
May 4, 1:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGreene4 hr
May 4, 1:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPreble4 hr
May 4, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams53 min
May 4, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton32 min
May 4, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland25 min
May 4, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Warren21 min
May 4, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Scioto29 min
May 4, 3:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams3 hr
May 4, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton27 min
May 4, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Scioto48 min
May 4, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland66 min
May 4, 4:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown, Clermont, Clinton3 hr
May 4, 4:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler, Hamilton, Warren3 hr
May 4, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Ross47 min
May 4, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown26 min
May 4, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams37 min
May 4, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto64 min
May 4, 5:28 PM EDTTornado WarningILNScioto47 min
May 4, 6:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams2 hr
May 3, 11:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNCarroll3 hr
May 3, 11:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Owen67 min
May 3, 11:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBoone3 hr
May 3, 11:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNKenton3 hr
May 4, 12:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPendleton60 min
May 4, 12:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Robertson70 min
May 4, 12:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBracken117 min
May 4, 3:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCampbell, Kenton32 min
May 4, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Gallatin31 min
May 4, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant51 min
May 4, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPendleton54 min
May 4, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Robertson51 min
May 4, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGrant, Pendleton3 hr
May 4, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBracken, Lewis, Mason, Robertson3 hr
May 4, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis28 min
May 3, 10:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNOhio, Switzerland61 min
May 3, 11:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDearborn, Ohio3 hr
May 4, 2:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFayette3 hr
May 4, 2:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFayette, Franklin2 hr
May 4, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNSwitzerland10 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.