Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 108, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 27, 1997Licking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 1997, 12:25 AM EDT for Licking 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: Jul 27, 1997, 12:25 AM EDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 1997, 3:30 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Licking County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4383 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 13.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 270424
FFWILN
OHC089-270730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1225 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL OHIO

   ...LICKING COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAVE TRACKED
ACROSS LICKING COUNTY TONIGHT. WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER HAS ESTIMATED
OVER 8 INCHES OF RAIN OVER WESTERN LICKING COUNTY FROM NEAR
GRANVILLE TO PATASKALA. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OVER
THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP
HEAVY RAIN OVER LICKING COUNTY THROUGH 3 AM. THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE
ADDITIONAL FLOOD PROBLEMS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONEDl
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.


&
RANDALL

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 Jul 26, 8:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 8:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
810 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 1997

VRY MOIST (DWPTS IN UPR 70S) AND WRM AIR HAS INVADED WRN OH CAUSING AMS
TO BCM VRY UNSBL. VRY UNSTBL AMS WITH CAPES TO 4000-5000 J/KG AND LI/S
TO -10 OVR WRN AND CNTRL OH. ISO SVR TSTMS DVLPG ALONG N-S ORIENTED
WRMFNT FM NR CLE TO CMH TO S CNTRL OH. GOOD VEERING PROFILE SUPPORTING
ROTATING STMS WITH MANY REPORTS OF FUNNELS AND PSBL TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
IN LICKING CTY. ADDITIONAL TSTM ACTVTY CURRENTLY IN THE NRN IL AREA
WL FOLLOW THCKNS INTO NW OH AFTR MID NGT. SUGG INCRSG TSTM POPS OVR
W CNTRL OH IN RESPONSE TO THIS ACTVTY. LOOKING AT TRAJ AND LAST NGTS
LOWS AND DWPTS IN MID/UPR DWPTS SUGG GOING WRMR ON OVRNGT LOWS ARND
75 ACRS THE BOARD. PER COORD WITH CLE HEAT ADVSY LOOKS LIKE THE WAY
TO GO WITH XPCTD HI/S IN MID 90S SUN AND DWPTS IN MID AND UPR 70S.
THIS VALUES WL YIELD HEAT INDEXES OF 105 TO 115.

CVG 075/095 13
DAY 074/094 23
CMH 074/095 33

RANDALL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 12:01 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1202 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1125 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/26/97   VAN WERT                       BARN LEVELED 6 MILES WEST
                                          OF VAN WERT (NEAR STATE
                                          LINE)

Local storm report, Jul 27, 12:02 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1202 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1125 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/26/97   VAN WERT                       BARN LEVELED 6 MILES WEST
                                          OF VAN WERT (NEAR STATE
                                          LINE)

Local storm report, Jul 27, 12:03 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1204 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1045 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/26/97   DELAWARE                       LOTS OF TREES DOWN & POWER
                                          LINES DOWN ACROSS NE PART
                                          OF COUNTY

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 12:03 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

OHZ015-016-024>026-035-043>046-051>056-062>065-072>074-079>082-
088-270800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1203 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL
   AND WESTERN OHIO...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CONTINUE
TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL OHIO.  ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
HOWEVER...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE BUCKEYE
STATE AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

THE MAIN THREAT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WILL BE FLOODING RAINS AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.  AT MIDNIGHT...DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THAT OVER 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN LICKING COUNTY SINCE
630 PM.  STREETS WERE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED ACROSS LICKING COUNTY.

NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

WILKINSON

Local storm report, Jul 27, 12:04 AM EDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1204 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1045 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/26/97   DELAWARE                       LOTS OF TREES DOWN & POWER
                                          LINES DOWN ACROSS NE PART
                                          OF COUNTY

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 12:04 AM EDT, 21 minutes before

OHZ015-016-024>026-035-043>046-051>056-062>065-072>074-079>082-
088-270800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1203 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL
   AND WESTERN OHIO...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CONTINUE
TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL OHIO.  ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
HOWEVER...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE BUCKEYE
STATE AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

THE MAIN THREAT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WILL BE FLOODING RAINS AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.  AT MIDNIGHT...DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THAT OVER 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN LICKING COUNTY SINCE
630 PM.  STREETS WERE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED ACROSS LICKING COUNTY.

NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

WILKINSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 8:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Licking	22 min
Jul 26, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking	61 min
Jul 26, 8:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Fairfield	65 min
Jul 26, 8:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Fairfield	65 min
Jul 26, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Paulding, Putnam	61 min
Jul 26, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Licking	62 min
Jul 26, 10:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Licking	48 min
Jul 26, 10:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Licking	48 min
Jul 26, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware	46 min
Jul 26, 10:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking	49 min
Jul 26, 10:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield	64 min
Jul 26, 10:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Van Wert	64 min
Jul 26, 10:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Licking	2 hr
Jul 26, 10:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Fairfield	48 min
Jul 26, 10:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Van Wert	64 min
Jul 26, 11:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Licking	59 min
Jul 26, 11:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking	4 hr
Jul 27, 12:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin	35 min
Jul 27, 1:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pickaway	60 min
Jul 27, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	47 min
Jul 27, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Shelby	38 min
Jul 27, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami	44 min
Jul 27, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin	46 min
Jul 27, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Montgomery	50 min
Jul 27, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler	47 min
Jul 27, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	44 min
Jul 27, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware	49 min
Jul 27, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield	42 min
Jul 27, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette	31 min
Jul 27, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ross	63 min
Jul 27, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Licking	40 min
Jul 27, 7:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1997 Every flash flood warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.