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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana

May 17, 1996Defiance County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 1996, 1:34 AM EDT for Defiance County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 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 17, 1996, 1:34 AM EDT (05:34 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1996, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Defiance County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1996-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1996-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFWA 170538
FFWFWA
INC033-087-113-151-OHC039-171-170830-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
1234 AM EST (134 AM EDT) FRI MAY 17 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM EST (430 AM EDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...DE KALB COUNTY...SOUTHERN LAGRANGE COUNTY...NOBLE COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN STEUBEN COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...NORTHERN DEFIANCE COUNTY...WILLIAMS COUNTY
 
AT 123O AM EST/130 AM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE
LOCACTED FROM BRYAN OHIO TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAGRANGE. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WEST OF THE WARNING AREA AND
MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS IT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE AREAS COULD 
EAN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN.
 
SHERRIFFS DEPARTMENTS ARE REPORTING NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODING DUE TO THE
HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE CONDITIONS WILL ONLY WORSEN AS THE NIGHT GOES ON. 
SMANY SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO
RISE AS WELL.
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
CERUTTI/PYLE
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 1:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXWilliams3 hr
May 17, 4:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXWilliams3 hr
May 17, 4:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXDefiance3 hr

Nearby

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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.