Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

May 10, 1996, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)

Expired

May 10, 1996, 5:45 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Hardin County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KILN 101751
FFWILN
OHC003-011-037-065-107-149-102145-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
147 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...AUGLAIZE COUNTY...DARKE COUNTY
   ...HARDIN COUNTY...MERCER COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 148 PM THE WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL OF
1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR FALLING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE FROM ADA TO BOTKINS IN SHELBY
COUNTY TO ANSONIA IN NORTHERN DARKE COUNTY.
 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST...WHILE THE LINE OF
STORMS ITSELF IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST.  THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
LOW-LYING AREAS...AND SMALL STREAMS.
 
THE STORMS LOOK TO CONTINUE FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 4 PM.
 
REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD DEATHS ARE THE RESULT OF EITHER DRIVING
INTO FLOOD WATERS OR CHILDREN PLAYING IN FLOODED AREAS. NEVER DRIVE
INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER LEVEL MAY BE MUCH DEEPER THAN YOU
THINK...OR THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT COMPLETELY. DO NOT LET YOUR
CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES OR STREAMS.
 
DANGELO

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 10, 9:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
934 AM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996

KILN SOUNDING SUPPORTS HI TEMPS IN THE MID 80S WITH A FEW CLOUDS
AROUND.  MODIFYING THE SOUNDING GIVES MODERATE INSTABILITY FOR THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.  MODELS FCST COLD FNT TO PUSH INTO NWRN OH AROUND 00Z
SAT AND SOUTH OF OHIO RIVER BY 12Z SAT.  FCST LOOKS GOOD WITH BEST CHC
OF RW/TRW OVR LIMA AREA TAPERING OFF TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.

WL HAVE TO WATCH LINE OF TRW HEADING INTO CNTRL IN.  LOOKS LIKE IT WL
MOVE INTO AREAS THAT HAVE CHC IN PM BUT ZONES WITHOUT PRECIP WL HAVE TO
BE WATCHED SINCE AREAS OF STORMS SHOULD PROGRESS FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST
WITH EACH BATCH.

WILKINSON

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.