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Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 28, 1996Boone County, Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1996-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2991 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1996-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
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

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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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In the hours before

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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Local storm report, May 28, 9:11 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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.

INNES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFranklin3 hr
May 29, 3:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield30 min
May 29, 4:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking38 min
May 28, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNKenton48 min
May 28, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRobertson41 min
May 28, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNRipley117 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.