Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

May 16, 1996, 1:21 AM EDT (05:21 UTC)

Expired

May 16, 1996, 7:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lewis County, KY, Adams County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KILN 160525
FFWILN
KYC135-OHC145-001-161100-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
121 AM EDT THU MAY 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
 
   ...LEWIS COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTH OHIO
 
   ...SCIOTO COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY
 
AT 120 AM EDT COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS STREAMS AND CREEKS
STILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS CAUSING SOME ROADS TO BE CLOSED OR IMPASSABLE.
ALTHOUGH WIDE SPREAD HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED REDIDUAL RUNOFF WILL
HELP MAINTAIN FLOODING CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS.  THEREFORE THE
FLOOD WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAWN FOR THESE LOCATIONS.
 
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.
 
AVOID CROSSING FLOWING WATER...EITHER IN YOUR CAR OR ON FOOT. THE
SWIFT CURRENT CAN SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET OR CARRY YOUR CAR AWAY.
STAY AWAY FROM DRAINS...DITCHES...AND LOW SPOTS. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
MANOUSOS

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 15, 8:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

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

A LOT HAPPENG ONCE AGAIN AROUND HERE.  RIVERS ARE COMING OUT OF BANKS.
LITTLE MIAMI...GT MIAMI...WHITEWATER...SCIOTO...OH BRUSH CREEK...W FORK
OF WHITEWATER...AND NOW IT APPEARS OHIO RVR AT CINCINNATI IS GOING TO
TOP OUT AROUND 53 FT...1 FT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  RFC SEEMS TO BE
CONTINUALLY UPDATING RVR FCSTS AS NEW QPF AND RIVER STAGES COME IN.

MANY URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNGS OUT NOW FM SE IN INTO
COUNTIES SURROUNDING OH RVR.  RADAR HAS STRIPE OF 3-5 INCHES OF PCPN
ACCUM TODAY NR OHIO RIVER.  ONLY SAVING GRACE IS THAT IT IS WET ALL
THE WAY UP (1.5 IN PRECIPITABLE WATER) AND NO SVR WX HAPPENING.

FNT JUST S OF CVG AND MOVG AT TORTOISE PACE.  CONSTANT CONVECTION
JUST N OF FNT IS HOLDG IT UP AND STILL HAVE CELLS TO IND MOVG SE
BUT ACTIVITY MORE SCT THAN A FEW HRS AGO.

INTERESTG CIRCULATION MOVG INTO WC IN...THE REMNANTS OF CONVECTION
OVER IA.  THIS MAY INTERACT WITH FNT NR S OH LTR TNGT.  IN ANY
EVENT...WL GO HARD ON POPS TNGT OVER S AND C AND LESS IN N.  THIS
IS SIMILAR TO FCST.  WL KEEP FLOOD WATCH ALIVE TO DAY AND CMH BUT
NOT FARTHER N SINCE FNT SLOW AND MAY NOT GET TO CMH UNTIL NR SUNRISE.

CANNOT GET PICKY WITH REST OF FCST.  REMNANTS OF MCS'S...UNCERTAINTY
OF FRONTAL POSITION ACROSS OH...SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE ATM...AND PLENTY OF
MOISTURE WL MAKE TIMING FUTILE.  IT LOOKS MILD AND UNSETTLED ENOUGH
THAT FLOODING WOES 8WL CONTINUE AND THERE COULD BE SOME SEVERE IN WRM
SECTOR ON THU AFT.

SANDLER

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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.