Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 110, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 1997, 8:01 PM EDT for Putnam 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
- Aug 16, 1997, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1997, 10:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 3666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 14.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 170003 FFWILN OHC137-170255- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 801 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1055 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO ...PUTNAM COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM RECENT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXCEEDED THREE INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. FLOODING WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THIS AREA...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR THE TOWN OF OTTAWA. DO NOT DRTIVE 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 ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DISTEFANO
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 Aug 16, 2:47 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 2:47 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 245 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 LATEST SAT IMAGERY SHOWING CU DEVELOPING ACROSS FA UNDER VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. 17Z SFC RUC INDICATES BEST LLVL CONVERGENCE ACROSS FRNTL BDRY IN SRN MI AND EXTENDING INTO NW IN. THUS...PRIMARY FOCUS FOR TSRA THREAT THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WILL BE NW PORTION OF FA. BOTH THE ETA AND NGM FAIRLY SIMILAR THROUGHOUT 42H. THE MAIN FRNTL BDRY THAT IS POSITIONED ACROSS NRN MI...SWRD THROUGH SRN WI AND ON INTO THE CTRL PLAINS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO ILN'S FA TOMORROW. THE MODELS BEGIN TO DRAW THE FOCUS ACROSS THE SRN AND CTRL PORTION OF FA AT THAT TIME AS 30-40 KT 85H JET BEGINS TO BECOME ESTABLISHED TO OUR SW. THIS JET WILL FOCUS AREA OF LLVL CONVERGENCE ACROSS SRN OH...SE IN AND NRN KY BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SFC FRNTL BDRY WILL BE ENHANCED AS A SFC WAVE BECOMES SOMEWHAT ORGANIZED AND MOVES ENE A4LONG THE BDRY TOMORROW. WDSPRD TS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE THE RULE FOR TOMORROW IN AREAS ALONG THIS BDRY. CVG 76/87/65/79 356 DAY 74/85/62/77 475 CMH 74/86/63/78 475 DISTEFANO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024-170045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 245 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WAS EXPANDING AND MOVING EASTWARD. DUE TO THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO...A FEW STORMS WHICH MOVE INTO THIS REGION MAY BECOME SEVERE. THUS...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE PAULDING... PUTNAM...AND VAN WERT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ANTWERP... OTTAWA...AND VAN WERT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR CABLE STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SANDLER
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024-170045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 245 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WAS EXPANDING AND MOVING EASTWARD. DUE TO THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO...A FEW STORMS WHICH MOVE INTO THIS REGION MAY BECOME SEVERE. THUS...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE PAULDING... PUTNAM...AND VAN WERT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ANTWERP... OTTAWA...AND VAN WERT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE ST0ORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR CABLE STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SANDLER
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-043>046-051>056-062>065-170215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 414 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PAULDING...PUTNAM AND VAN WERT COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO...PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM.... AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WAS DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST. DUE TO THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE MIAMI VALLEY...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR CABLE STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. IT IS DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS IN PROGRESS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR A VEHICLE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...STAY AWAY FROM TOWERS AND LARGE TREES. CROUCH NEAR THE GROUND AND COVER YOUR HEAD. RANDALL
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-043>046-051>056-062>065-170215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 414 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PAULDING...PUTNAM AND VAN WERT COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO...PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM.... AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WAS DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST. DUE TO THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE MIAMI VALLEY...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR CABLE STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. IT IS DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS IN PROGRESS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELT*ER IN A BUILDING OR A VEHICLE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...STAY AWAY FROM TOWERS AND LARGE TREES. CROUCH NEAR THE GROUND AND COVER YOUR HEAD. RANDALL
Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:56 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
756 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 PM OH 1 INCH HAIL
08/16/97 PUTNAM QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN
SOUTHEAST PUTNAM COUNTY
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
DANGELOLocal storm report, Aug 16, 7:58 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
756 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 PM OH 1 INCH HAIL
08/16/97 PUTNAM QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN
SOUTHEAST PUTNAM COUNTY
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
DANG@ELOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 10:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Paulding, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen, Auglaize | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 66 min |
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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.