Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 11:54 PM EST for Bracken County, Kentucky; Brown County, Clermont County, Ohio. It was in force for 8 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, 11:54 PM EST (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1997, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bracken County, KY, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 020455 FFWILN KYC023-081-135-161-187-191-201-OHC001-015-025-131-141-145-021300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1154 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ADAMS COUNTY ...PIKE COUNTY ...SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO ...BROWN COUNTY ...CLERMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO ...ROSS COUNTY IN NORTH KENTUCKY ...BRACKEN COUNTY ...GRANT COUNTY ...MASON COUNTY ...OWEN COUNTY ...PENDLETON COUNTY ...ROBERTSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY ...LEWIS COUNTY ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY... SOUTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH WEST OHIO... RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE LAST NIGHT FROM OWENTON...NORTHEAST THROUGH GEORGETOWN AND CHILLICOTHE. THIS HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES...LAND SLIDES AND EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF HAS DECLARED THE COUNTY IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY THROUGH 8 AM SUNDAY. A STATE OF EMERGENCY MEANS THAT TRAVEL IS ILLEGAL...EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE FLASH FLOOD AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH ABOUT SUNRISE WHEN THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY COMPOUND THE FLOOD PROBLEMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. 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. & 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 Mar 1, 7:10 PM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 7:10 PM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 710 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 AMS IS RELOADING WITH FOCUS PRESENTLY OVR LWR OH VLY IN ERN MO AND WRN KY. H8 55KT PLUS LLJ AXIS IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT INTO S CNTRL OH LTR TNGT AND AT SAME TIME AREA WL BE IN RR QUAD OF H3 185KT JET. STG LIFT TO SHIFT INTO S CNTRL OH WHERE THETA-E RICH AIR IS IN PLACE AND PW/S ARE BTWN 1.3 AND 1.4 INCHES. XPCT MCS OVR LWR OH VLY TO FOLLOW FAVORED 1000-700MB THICKNESS ACRS SRN OH. EVE QPF HV MAX OF ABT 2.0 INCHES THRU SRN OH SCIOTO...OH BRUSH CREEK BASINS. THIS HVY RAIN AXIS IS DISPLACED A LTL FURTHER N THAN HVY AXIS WHICH OCCURRED LT LAST NGT AND ERLR TDA. HOWEVER...THIS RAIN WL FALL ON AREA THAT HS RECVD 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. XPCT ALL AREA OF SRN OH AND NRN KY TO REC A GOOD 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL. WE ARE DEALING WITH A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION DUE TO FLOODING WITH FLASH FLOOD WATCHES CONTG. WL WORD FFW AND FFS ACCORDINGLY. CDFNT TO DAY ABT 07Z TO CVG 08Z AND TO CMH ARND 10Z WITH GOOD LO LVL DRYING BHD FNT. GOOD CAA BHD FNT SO XPCT TEMPS TO DROP DRAMATICALLY LT TNGT AND RN TO END ACRS THE NW. PREFER READINGS CLOSER TO COOLER FWC GUID. CVG 44 DAY 40 CMH 45 RANDALL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 1, 6:25 PM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
625 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0720 AM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
0730 AM MC DERMOTT OH FLOODING
03/01/97 SCIOTO SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
0755 AM WEST UNION OH FLOODING
03/01/97 ADAMS 5 TO 8 IN OF WATER ON
MANY ROADS
0915 AM PORTSMOUTH OH FLOODING
03/01/97 SCIOTO WATER IN HOMES, 10
EVACUATIONS, WATER FLOWING
OVER ROADS COUNTY WIDE
0904 AM WEST UNION OH FLOODING
03/01/97 ADAMS MANY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER
0908 AM FELICITY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 CLERMONT WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADS
AND BRIDGES IN THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
COUNTY
0915 AM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON COUNTY WIDE-WATER ACROSS
NUMEROUS ROADS, VEHICLES
STALLED, PEOPLE RESCUED,
WATER IN HOMES
0900 AM AUGUSTA KY FLOODING
03/01/97 BRACKEN MOBILE HOME WASHED
INTO A NEARBY CREEK.
0925 AM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON CAR WASHED AWAY ON GUMLICK
COUNTY ROAD.
1038 AM RIPLEY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN WATER IN HOMES, PEOPLE
RESCUED FROM ROOFS
OF HOUSES
1038 AM ABERDEEN OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN WATER IN HOMES, PEOPLE
RESCUED FROM ROOFS
OF HOUSES
1040 AM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON WESTERN PART OF
COUNTY-SOME CARS STRANDED,
COUNTY WIDE-3 BRIDGES
WASHED OUT
1045 AM BROOKSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 BRACKEN COUNTY WIDE-ROADS COVERED
WITH WATER AND DEBRIS
1046 AM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON COUNTY WIDE-WATER FLOWING
OVER ROADS AND BRIDGES
1055 AM FELICITY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 CLERMONT SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY-
ROADS CLOSED AND BRIDGES
FLOODED
1115 AM WEST UNION OH FLOODING
03/01/97 ADAMS COUNTY WIDE-NUMEROUS ROADS
FLOODED, 2 PEOPLE RESCUED
1130 AM OWENTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 OWEN COUNTY WIDE FLOODING IN
LOW-LYING AREAS AND ACROSS
BRIDGES
1137 AM MT OLIVET KY FLOODING
03/01/97 ROBERTSON COUNTY WIDE- SEVERAL ROADS
FLOODEDLocal storm report, Mar 1, 6:29 PM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
625 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0720 AM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
0730 AM MC DERMOTT OH FLOODING
03/01/97 SCIOTO SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
0755 AM WEST UNION OH FLOODING
03/01/97 ADAMS 5 TO 8 IN OF WATER ON
MANY ROADS
0915 AM PORTSMOUTH OH FLOODING
03/01/97 SCIOTO WATER IN HOMES, 10
EVACUATIONS, WATER FLOWING
OVER ROADS COUNTY WIDE
0904 AM WEST UNION OH FLOODING
03/01/97 ADAMS MANY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER
0908 AM FELICITY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 CLERMONT WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADS
AND BRIDGES IN THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
COUNTY
0915 AM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON COUNTY WIDE-WATER ACROSS
NUMEROUS ROADS, VEHICLES
STALLED, PEOPLE RESCUED,
WATER IN HOMES
0900 AM AUGUSTA KY FLOODING
03/01/97 BRACKEN MOBILE HOME WASHED
INTO A NEARBY CREEK.
0925 AM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON CAR WASHED AWAY ON GUMLICK
COUNTY ROAD.
1038 AM RIPLEY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN WATER IN HOMES, PEOPLE
RESCUED FROM ROOFS
OF HOUSES
1038 AM ABERDEEN OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN WATER IN HOMES, PEOPLE
RESCUED FROM ROOFS
OF HOUSES
1040 AM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON WESTERN PART OF
COUNTY-SOME CARS STRANDED,
COUNTY WIDE-3 BRIDGES
WASHED OUT
1045 AM BROOKSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 BRACKEN COUNTY WIDE-ROADS COVERED
WITH WATER AND DEBRIS
1046 AM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON COUNTY WIDE-WATER FLOWING
OVER ROADS AND BRIDGES
1055 AM FELICITY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 CLERMONT SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY-
ROADS CLOSED AND BRIDGES
FLOODED
1115 AM WEST UNION OH FLOODING
03/01/97 ADAMS COUNTY WIDE-NUMEROUS ROADS
FLOODED, 2 PEOPLE RESCUED
1130 AM OWENTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 OWEN COUNTY WIDE FLOODING IN
LOW-LYING AREAS AND ACROSS
BRIDGES
1137 AM MT OLIVET 2 KY FLOODING
03/01/97 ROBERTSON COUNTY WIDE- SEVERAL ROADS
FLOODEDLocal storm report, Mar 1, 6:31 PM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
631 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON PORTIONS OF GUMLICK ROAD
WASHED OUT
0112 PM CARROLLTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 CARROLL COUNTY WIDE-SECONDARY
ROADS CLOSED
0112 PM WARSAW KY FLOODING
03/01/97 GALLATIN COUNTY WIDE-SOME SECONDARY
ROADS CLOSED
0112 PM OWENTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 OWEN COUNTY WIDE-SOME SECONDARY
ROADS CLOSED
0110 PM VANCEBURG KY FLOODING
03/01/97 LEWIS COUNTY WIDE-SEVERAL ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER
0145 PM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON A FEW SMALL BRIDGES WASHED
OUT
0230 PM PORTSMOUTH OH FLOODING
03/01/97 SCIOTO COUNTY WIDE-WATER IN
HOUSES, CARS WASHED AWAY,
TRAILER WASHED AWAY, 30
HOMES EVACUATED, 300-400
HOMES AFFECTED BY FLOODING
0305 PM BROOKSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 BRACKEN SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
0310 PM CARROLLTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 CARROLL COUNTY WIDE-SEVERAL ROADS
CLOSED
0315 PM WARSAW KY FLOODING
03/01/97 GALLATIN COUNTY WIDE-SEVERAL ROADS
CLOSED
0320 PM DRY RIDGE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 GRANT COUNTY WIDE- WATER
COVERING NUMEROUS ROADS
0320 PM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON PEOPLE EVACUATED IN
SHOEMAKER TOWN
0325 PM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON COUNTY WIDE-WATER COVERING
NUMEROUS ROADS, PORTIONS
OF STATE ROUTE 609 AND 159
WASHED OUT
0325 PM MT OLIVET KY FLOODING
03/01/97 ROBERTSON COUNTY WIDE-WATER COVERING
A FEW ROADS
0330 PM OWENTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 OWEN COUNTY WIDE-NUMEROUS ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER,
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
0340 PM GEORGETOWN OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN SOUTHERN HALF OF
COUNTY-ROADS CLOSED
0345 PM RIPLEY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN BRIDGE WASHED OUT, SEVERAL
HOMES FLOODED NEAR BEETLE
CREEK.
0350 PM VANCEBURG KY FLOODING
03/01/97 LEWIS COUNTY WIDE-PEOPLE BEING
EVACUATED, 5 ROADS CLOSED,
NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED
WITH WATER
0430 PM BLUE CREEK OH FLOODING
ADAMS 2 FATALITIES
INNESLocal storm report, Mar 1, 6:33 PM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
631 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON PORTIONS OF GUMLICK ROAD
WASHED OUT
0112 PM CARROLLTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 CARROLL COUNTY WIDE-SECONDARY
ROADS CLOSED
0112 PM WARSAW KY FLOODING
03/01/97 GALLATIN COUNTY WIDE-SOME SECONDARY
ROADS CLOSED
0112 PM OWENTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 OWEN COUNTY WIDE-SOME SECONDARY
ROADS CLOSED
0110 PM VANCEBURG KY FLOODING
03/01/97 LEWIS COUNTY WIDE-SEVERAL ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER
0145 PM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON A FEW SMALL BRIDGES WASHED
OUT
0230 PM PORTSMOUTH OH FLOODING
03/01/97 SCIOTO COUNTY WIDE-WATER IN
HOUSES, CARS WASHED AWAY,
TRAILER WASHED AWAY, 30
HOMES EVACUATED, 300-400
HOMES AFFECTED BY FLOODING
0305 PM BROOKSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 BRACKEN SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
0310 PM CARROLLTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 CARROLL COUNTY WIDE-SEVERAL ROADS
CLOSED
0315 PM WARSAW KY FLOODING
03/01/97 GALLATIN COUNTY WIDE-SEVERAL ROADS
CLOSED
0320 PM DRY RIDGE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 GRANT COUNTY WIDE- WATER
COVERING NUMEROUS ROADS
0320 PM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON PEOPLE EVACUATED IN
SHOEMAKER TOWN
0325 PM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON COUNTY WIDE-WATER COVERING
NUMEROUS ROADS, PORTIONS
OF STATE ROUTE 609 AND 159
WASHED OUT
0325 PM MT OLIVET KY FLOODING
03/01/97 ROBERTSON COUNTY WIDE-WATER COVERING
A FEW ROADS
0330 PM OWENTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 OWEN COUNTY WIDE-NUMEROUS ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER,
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
0340 PM GEORGETOWN OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN SOUTHERN HALF OF
COUNTY-ROADS CLOSED
0345 PM RIPLEY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN BRIDGE WASHED OUT, SEVERAL
HOMES FLOODED NEAR BEETLE
CREEK.
0350 PM VANCEBURG KY FLOODING
03/01/97 LEWIS COUNTY WIDE-PEOPLE BEING
EVACUATED, 5 ROADS CLOSED,
NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED
B WITH WATER
0430 PM BLUE CREEK OH FLOODING
ADAMS 2 FATALITIES
INNESSpecial weather statement, Mar 1, 8:50 PM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
KYZ094-098>100-020800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 850 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 3 AM... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY LATER TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT...WARM MOIST AIR IS IN PLACE. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR OWEN...ROBERTSON...MASON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 8:53 PM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before
KYZ094-098>100-020800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 850 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 3 AM... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY LATER TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT...WARM MOIST AIR IS IN PLACE. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR OWEN...ROBERTSON...MASON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton, Robertson | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 9:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 11:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Robertson | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 8 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1997Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every 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.