Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Wilmington, OH
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 8:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 4 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.