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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 1996, 10:23 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Ohio. 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 8, 1996, 10:23 PM EDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1996, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fairfield County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 495 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 703 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCVG 090227 COR FFWILN OHC045-090500- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1023 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL OHIO ...FAIRFIELD COUNTY AT 1020 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER WESTER PORTION OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY SINCE 730 PM EDT. FAIRFIELD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE WAS BEGINNING TO RECEIVE REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 1115 PM...LOW LAND FLOODING PROBLEMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH 100 AM EDT. 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 FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUB(JECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DIAN
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 8, 8:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 8:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 845 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996 NO TIME FOR REAL DISCUSSION AS SVR WX PERSISTS. SATELLITE TRENDS SUGGESTG A DRY PD AFT SVR WX MOVES E. COULD BE DRY REST OF NGT INTO MORNG AS WRM FNT PUSHES N OF FA. NEXT ROUND OF TSTMS LOOK LIKE THU AFT INTO NGT. SANDLER
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 8, 8:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
840 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
835 PM MILTON CARLISE t& FREE OH WIND DAMAGE
CLARK ROOF BLOWN OFF
SANDLERLocal storm report, May 8, 8:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
852 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
645 PM 3-4 MILES SW OF AUGUSTA KY TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 8
BRACKEN BARN BLOWN DOWN
650 PM 3 MILES N OF MT OLIVET KY STATE HIGHWAY BARN ROOF
ROBERTSON TORN OFF
840 PM NW OF SPRINGFIELD OH MANY TREES DOWN ALONG
NW CLARK TECUMSEH ROAD
DIANLocal storm report, May 8, 9:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
905 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
820 PM CARLISE OH WIND DAMAGE
CLARK SHINGLES BLOWN OFF
CRACKED CEILING
SHED ROOF AND OTHER
DEBRIS BLOWN DOWN ROAD
TREES DAMAGED (TWISTED)
SANDLERLocal storm report, May 8, 9:27 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
925 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
815 PM TECUMHEH RD L OH WIND DAMAGE
CLARK MANY TREES DOWN
SANDLERLocal storm report, May 8, 9:34 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
932 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
925 PM W SIDE COLUMBUS OH TORNADO
FRANKLIN AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
SANDLERSpecial weather statement, May 8, 9:43 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
OHZ081-079-070-078-077-080-082-088-071-KYZ091-097-093-089-090-095- 092-100-099-094-096-201-090345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 943 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND FAR SOUTHERN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WATCH AREA AND THE THREAT IS OVER TONIGHT FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND FAR SOUTHERN OHIO. SANDLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 28 min |
| May 8, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark | 28 min |
| May 8, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Madison | 19 min |
| May 8, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison | 34 min |
| May 8, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Franklin | 30 min |
| May 8, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Franklin | 30 min |
| May 8, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 45 min |
| May 8, 10:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin | 117 min |
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.