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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 1, 1997Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 7:46 AM EST for Adams County, Scioto 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
Mar 1, 1997, 7:46 AM EST (12:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 1997, 10:50 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 411 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 011247
FFWILN
KYC023-161-OHC001-015-145-011550-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
746 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1050 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO

   ...ADAMS COUNTY
   ...SCIOTO COUNTY
   ...BROWN COUNTY

IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY

   ...BRACKEN COUNTY
   ...MASON COUNTY
 
OVERNIGHT RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE ENITRE REGION WILL CAUSE
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO EXCEED BANKFULL RAPIDLY.

SPOTTER REPORTS FROM THE AREA INDICATE THAT MANY ROADS ARE COVERED WITH
WATER...AND SOME MAY BE IMPASSABLE.
 
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 ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

DANGELO
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 7:46 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown3 hr
Mar 1, 9:19 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNClermont116 min
Mar 1, 10:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams, Scioto3 hr
Mar 1, 10:53 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams, Brown5 hr
Mar 1, 10:53 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNScioto5 hr
Mar 1, 11:11 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNClermont5 hr
Mar 1, 4:05 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown4 hr
Mar 1, 4:05 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams, Scioto4 hr

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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.