Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 1997, 6:49 PM EDT for Adams County, Ohio. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1997, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1997, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 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 192251 FFWILN OHC001-200045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 649 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ADAMS COUNTY AT 645 PM EDT SPOTTER REPORTS AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN WEST UNION AND WAMSLEY SINCE 530 PM EDT. THIS RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN THE COUNTY. 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. &
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 May 19, 2:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 250 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 AT 17Z...THE CLD FRNT XTENDED ACRS ECNTRL MI SE TO SRN IL. SH AND TSTM WERE DEVELPING ACROSS ENTIRE CWA. SAT PICT SHOWS EXPLOSIVE DEV IN TN AND SRN KY WITH THE CU FIELD QUICKLY FILLING IN ACROSS SRN IN...NRN KY AND OH. XPECT THE SH AND TSTMS TO CONTINUE DEVELPING THIS AFT AS THE FRONT PUSHES E. THE PROBLEMS OF THE DAY ARE WHEN TO TIME OUT THE PRECIP THIS EVE AS WELL AS HOW COLD WILL TEMPS BE TONIGHT. MODELS ARE STILL IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ESP WITH THE EWRD PROGRESSION OF THE FRNT. XPECT THE FRNT TO BE E OF DAY AND CVG BY 00Z. THUS WILL SEE LINGERING SH AND TSTS IN THE W TO COME TO AN END THIS EVE. IN THE EAST...XPCT THE ACTIVITY END BY MID. FOR TON...DRYER AIR WL WORK IN FROM THE GREAT LKS SO SHOULD SEE PARTIAL CLEARING IN THE NW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HRS...AND DURING THE EARLY MORNING HRS ACRS CVG...CMH...DAY. WITH STRNG CAA MOVING IN OVERNIGHT...TEMPS WILL PLUMMET. 850 TEMPS BY 12Z TUE WILL RANGE BTWN 2 AND 7 ACRS THE AREA. AS FOR TUE...ANTICYCLONIC CURVATURE ALONG WITH NRLY FLOW AND CAA WILL BE THE DOM FEATURES. XPCT SOME CU TO DEV ESP ACROS THE N WHERE MOIST LEVELS WILL BE HIGHER. HOWEVER...SKIES SHOULD PRODIMANTLY BE PS WHILE SOME AREAS ESP IN KY MAY SEE MS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE HIGH WILL CONT TO BUILD IN FROM W TUE NIGHT WHICH WL AID IN A CLEARING TREND TOWARD SUNSET. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL DROP INTO THE AREA WED. THUS XPECT TO SEE SOME CLOUDS DEV DURING THE DAY...MAINLY IN THE NORTH THOUGH. TEMPS WILL BE COLD AS 850 TEMPS REMAIN BELOW 0 ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. AS FOR TEMPS...TNK FAN NUMBERS ARlE A LITTLE ON THE COOL SIDE FOR TUE AND WED. SO TENDED TO LEAN MORE TOWARD MOS VALUES. CVG 49/65/42/63/44 5/0/0 DAY 47/63/42/61/43 5/0/0 CMH 48/62/40/60/41 7/0/0 INNES
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 19, 5:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
529 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PPM BETHEL OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 CLERMONT SEVERAL TREES DOWN BETWEEN
BETHEL AND FELICITYLocal storm report, May 19, 5:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
529 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM BETHEL OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 CLERMONT SEVERAL TREES DOWN BETWEEN
BETHEL AND FELICITYSpecial weather statement, May 19, 5:50 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
OHZ073-074-082-088-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 550 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AS A RESULT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CHILLICOTHE AND PORTSMOUTH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LOTT
Special weather statement, May 19, 5:51 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
OHZ073-074-082-088-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 550 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AS A RESULT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CHILLICOTHE AND PORTSMOUTH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LOTT
Local storm report, May 19, 6:14 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
615 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM ALEXANDRIA KY WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 CAMPBELL 2 LARGE TREES DOWN AND
SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF
0501 PM SEAMAN OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 ADAMS ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN
0504 PM MT ORAB OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 BROWN SEVERAL TREES DOWN
0510 PM GEORGETOWN OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 BROWN TREES DOWN
0525 PM LONDONDERRY OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 ROSS SEVERAL TREES DOWN
0530 PM CHERRY FORK OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 ADAMS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0540 PM DRY RIDGE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 GRANT TRAILER OVERTURNED
0545 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 PIKE TREES DOWN NORTHWEST PART
OF COUNTYLocal storm report, May 19, 6:15 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
615 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM ALEXANDRIA KY WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 CAMPBELL 2 LARGE TREES DOWN AND
SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF
0501 PM SEAMAN OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 ADAMS ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN
0504 PM MT ORAB OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 BROWN SEVERAL TREES DOWN
0510 PM GEORGETOWN OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 BROWN TREES DOWN
0525 PM LONDONDERRY OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 ROSS SEVERAL TREES DOWN
0530 PM CHERRY FORK OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 ADAMS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0540 PM DRY RIDGE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 GRANT TRAILER OVERTURNED
0545 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97 PIKE TREES DOWN NORTHWEST PART
OF COUNTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Paulding | 32 min |
| May 18, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Putnam, Van Wert | 49 min |
| May 19, 12:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen | 37 min |
| May 19, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 32 min |
| May 19, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 32 min |
| May 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 30 min |
| May 19, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Pike | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ross | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 60 min |
| May 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 30 min |
| May 19, 6:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 2 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.