Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

May 15, 1996, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)

Expired

May 15, 1996, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Lewis County, KY

000 
TTAA00 KILN 151954
FFWILN
INC029-KYC135-160000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
351 PM EDT (251 PM EST) WED MAY 15 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT (700 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...DEARBORN COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
 
   ...LEWIS COUNTY
 
AT 340 PM EDT (240 PM EST) EMA PERSONELL IN BOTH DEARBORN COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY REPORTED
NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS RISING OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND COVERING
SOME ROADS. ALTHOUGH STEADY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA
AND SOUTHERN OHIO SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THESE AREAS
THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
 
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.
 
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 SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
 
MANOUSOS

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 15, 3:01 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
300 PM EDT WED MAY 15 1996

17Z SFC ANALYS HAD WRM FNT ACRS SRN IND TO ARND CVG...INTO ERN KY.
AREA RADARS SHWG SHWRS AND TSTMS CONTG ALG AND TO THE N OF FNT WITH
PLENTY OF FLOODING PBLMS ACRS NRN KY CNTYS AND PARTS OF FA SRN OH.
RADAR ESTIMATES SHWG ANYWHERE FM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF PCPN ACRS THIS AREA
SINCE THIS MRNG AND THIS CORRELATES FAIRLY WELL WITH SPOTTER REPORTS.

WRM FNT TO PUSH SLOWLY N OVRNGT...REACHING NRN FA BY THUR MRNG AS S/W
DROPS DOWN ACRS AREA THIS EVNG. SHUD SEE SCT SHWRS AND TSTMS CONT INTO
TNGT AND BASED ON HEAVY PCPN TDA...WL LIKELY NEED FFA FOR NRN KY CNTYS
AND PER COORD WITH CLE WL CONT FFA INTO TNGT FOR OH CNTYS.

WRM FNT WL MOV N OF FA THRU THUR AFTN AND WITH FA IN WARM SECTOR AND
INSTBLTY AXIS XTNDG INTO OH...SHUD SEE SCT TSTMS REDVLP THUR AFTN INTO
THUR EVNG. SOME DRYING WORKS INTO THE AREA ON FRI BUT WITH AMS RMNG
MARGINALLY UNSTBL WL CONT WNITH CHC POPS FOR FRI AFTN.

GOOD WAA CONTG THRU PD AND WITH +15 8H TMPS INTO WRN FA BY FRI...PREFER
WRM FWC TMPS FOR HIGHS.

CVG 61/82/61/85 6534
CMH 60/80/58/82 6544
DAY 59/80/59/83 6534

LOTT

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

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