Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 4:05 PM EST for Lewis County, Kentucky; Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 1, 1997, 4:05 PM EST (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1997, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lewis County, KY, Adams County, OH, Scioto County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 012106 FFWILN KYC023-135-161-191-OHC001-015-145-020100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 405 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ADAMS COUNTY ...SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO ...BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH KENTUCKY ...BRACKEN COUNTY ...MASON COUNTY ...PENDLETON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY ...LEWIS COUNTY BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ACCUMULATED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY SINCE MIDNIGHT. MEANWHILE...RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN THIS SAME AREA AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED AND SOME EVACUATIONS TO HIGHER GROUND HAD ALREADY TAKEN PLACE ACROSS ADAMS...BROWN...SCIOTO AND LEWIS COUNTIES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. SANDLER &
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 Mar 1, 2:33 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 2:33 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 232 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 18Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED A SLOW MOVG LOW PRES SYSTEM ACROSS THE NRN LAKES WITH A CDFNT TRAILING SWD ACROSS IL AND MO. HI THTE AIR PERSISTED ACROSS THE OH VLY. ALONG THIS GRADIENT...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES. RECENT RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT HEAVIEST BAND CURRENTLY OVER SRN OH-NRN KY WL PUSH EWD OVR THE LATE PM HOURS. KLVX 88D SHOWS A RELATIVE LULL IN THE ACTION OVR SRN IN...BUT ADDITIONAL PRECIP FORMING TO THE W. ADDITIONAL MCS'S FORMING VC ARKANSAS. MODELS INDICATE THAT STRONG UVV'S WL COMBINE WITH MOISTURE TO CONT HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT. PRECIP SHOULD SHIFT TO THE N OVERNIGHT AND WL AFFECT CMH-DAY AREAS. BY 06Z SUNDAY...ETA GRIDS SHOWS A 60+ H8 JET ALONG WITH SOME INSTABILITY AND STRONG UVV'S MOVG ACROSS FA. WITH THE HI PW'S ACROSS FA 1-2 INCHES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ACROSS FA TONIGHT. PRECIP WL TAPER OFF ACROSS FA BY NOON ON SUN. SUGGEST EXTENDING FFA THRU EARLY SUNDAY. MUCH QUITER AND COOLER CONDITIONS RETURN FOR SUN NIGHT AND MON. CVG 45/50/28/48 +400 DAY 42/46/28/46 +300 CMH 45/50/28/46 +300 WILKINSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 1:48 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
INZ074-058-066-075-073-080-059-050-OHZ081-025-035-079-070-052-053- 078-072-042-046-065-063-055-062-077-026-080-074-056-044-054-034- 051-061-015-064-082-060-016-073-088-043-045-024-071-KYZ091-097- 093-089-090-095-092-100-099-094-096-201-020100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 148 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND A RETURN THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR TONIGHT IN THE OHIO VALLEY... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS INDICATED THAT THE OHIO VALLEY IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDE RICHMOND... CINCINNATI...DAYTON...COLUMBUS...AND PORTSMOUTH. A COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT...WARM MOIST AIR IS IN PLACE. THIS AIR IS READY TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...ENDING THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND RAIN. HOWEVER...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MANY MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT FLOODING IS MOST DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...AND IS THE MAIN CAUSE OF WEATHER-RELATED FATALITIES. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A WATERWAY... MONITOR IT FREQUENTLY BOTH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. DANGELO
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
INZ074-058-066-075-073-080-059-050-OHZ081-025-035-079-070-052-053- 078-072-042-046-065-063-055-062-077-026-080-074-056-044-054-034- 051-061-015-064-082-060-016-073-088-043-045-024-071-KYZ091-097- 093-089-090-095-092-100-099-094-096-201-020100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 148 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND A RETURN THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR TONIGHT IN THE OHIO VALLEY... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS INDICATED THAT THE OHIO VALLEY IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDE RICHMOND... CINCINNATI...DAYTON...COLUMBUS...AND PORTSMOUTH. A COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT...WARM MOIST AIR IS IN PLACE. THIS AIR IS READY TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...ENDING THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND RAIN. HOWEVER...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MANY MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT FLOODIN@G IS MOST DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...AND IS THE MAIN CAUSE OF WEATHER-RELATED FATALITIES. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A WATERWAY... MONITOR IT FREQUENTLY BOTH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. DANGELO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Owen | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Robertson | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Robertson | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:43 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:43 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Robertson | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Pendleton | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clermont | 116 min |
| Mar 1, 10:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 5 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.