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Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 1996, 9:29 PM EDT for Boone County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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 28, 1996, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1996, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 356 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
- 2991 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.6
- Supercell composite
- 16.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 28, 8:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 8:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, May 28, 5:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
INDZ050-058-073-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 510 PM EDT (410 PM EST) TUE MAY 28 1996 ...TORNDAO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT (1000 PM EST) FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA... THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF WAYNE...FAYETTE AND RIPLEY. AT 5 PM EDT (4 PM EST) A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN INDIANA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PUSH INTO EASTERN INDIANA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM EDT (6 AND 7 PM EST). SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF TORNADIC ACTIVITY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
INDZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-OHZ042-051>056-060>065-070>074- OHZ077>082-088-KYZ089>100-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 555 PM EDT (455 PM EST) TUE MAY 28 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST OHIO EARLY THIS EVENING... AT 550 PM (450 PM EST) A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS PUSHING EAST INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PUSH INTO EASTERN INDIANA BETWEEN 630 AND 7 PM EDT (530 AND 6 PM EST) AND INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...INCLUDING THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA AROUND 7 PM EDT. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF TORNADIC ACTIVITY .IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHWEST OHIO...OR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
INDZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-OHZ060>065-070>074-OHZ077>082- OHZ088-KYZ089>100-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 650 PM EDT (550 PM EST) TUE MAY 28 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 AM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN INDIANA... SOUTHWEST OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY...CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR WAYNE...FAYETTE AND RIPLEY COUNTIES IN EASTERN INDIANA... AT 640 PM (540 PM EST) AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS PUSHING INTO EASTERN INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA BETWEEN 700 AND 730 PM EDT AND INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...INCLUDING THE CINCINNATI METRO BY 8 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF TORNADIC ACTIVITY IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECIEVED FROM THESE STORMS. SOME OF THE HAIL HAS BEEN AS LARGE AS BASEBALL SIZE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA... SOUTHERN OHIO...OR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 28, 8:47 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
910 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 PM WHEATLEY KY WIND DAMAGE
5/28/96 OWEN ***1 INJ***
MOBILE HOME OVERTURNED.
TREES DOWNED.
0800 PM RICHWOOD KY WIND DAMAGE
5/28/96 BOONE SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED.
INNESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin | 3 hr |
| May 29, 3:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 30 min |
| May 29, 4:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 38 min |
| May 28, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Kenton | 48 min |
| May 28, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Robertson | 41 min |
| May 28, 8:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Ripley | 117 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.