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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 8, 1996Fairfield County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 217 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 495 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
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

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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

SANDLER
Local 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

DIAN
Local 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)

SANDLER
Local 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

SANDLER
Local 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

SANDLER
Special 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark28 min
May 8, 8:02 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClark28 min
May 8, 8:26 PM EDTTornado WarningILNMadison19 min
May 8, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Madison34 min
May 8, 9:00 PM EDTTornado WarningILNFranklin30 min
May 8, 9:30 PM EDTTornado WarningILNFranklin30 min
May 8, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningILNFairfield, Licking45 min
May 8, 10:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFranklin117 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.