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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 3, 1997Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Mar 3, 1997, 11:59 AM EST for Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 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 3, 1997, 11:59 AM EST (16:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 1997, 2:00 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Scioto County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 1997-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 031659
FFWILN
OHC145-031900-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1159 AM EST MON MAR 3 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO

   ...SCIOTO COUNTY
 
AT 1155 AM EST DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
ACROSS SCIOTO COUNTY. ALSO...AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS
LOCATED SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER AND WAS MOVING TOWARD EASTERN SCIOTO
COUNTY.

SCIOTO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT MANY 
ROADS REMAINED CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY DUE TO FLOODED CREEKS
AND STREAMS. MANY STREAMS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS WITH UP
TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF INCH OF RAIN EXPECTED BY MID-AFTERNOON.
 
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 FLOWzING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

ROWLEY

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 3, 9:28 AM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 9:28 AM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
928 AM EST MON MAR 3 1997

S/WV LFTG NE TO PSN OVR S CNTRL KY. AREA OF RAIN HS DVLPD NE OF THIS
S/WV INTO S CNTRL OH WHERE PW/S ARE IN 1.1 TO 1.2 INCH RANGE AND
H8 45-50KT JET IS PROVIDING GOOD LO LVL CNVRGC. S CNTRL OH/NE KY
ALSO IN LF QUAD OF 120KT JET MAX WITH GOOD UPR DIV OVR AREA. LTST
88D 1HR PRECIP ESTIMATE FROM ILN SHWS UP TO 0.60 INCHES OVR NRN KY.
DUE TO FACT THAT 10 TO 12 INCHES FELL ACRS PTNS OF NRN KY AND S CNTRL
OH THIS WEEKEND...WL NEED TO CONT FFA ACRS NRN KY AND SRN OH THRU
AFTN. APPEARS THAT SE IN WL BE DRY SLOTED WITH JUST SOME SCTD SHWR
ACTVTY THRU AFTN. THEREFORE...RECOMMEND DROPPING WATCH FOR SE IN
WITH AFTN PACKAGE. CURR TEMP FCST LOOKS GOOD.

RANDALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 8:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNScioto4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.