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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 19, 1997Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 1997, 8:02 PM EDT 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: May 19, 1997, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 1997, 10:05 PM EDT
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 00:00Z, 0.0 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 200005
FFWILN
OHC145-200205-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
802 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1005 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO

   ...SCIOTO COUNTY
 
AT 800 PM EDT...HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED NEAR OTWAY...WITH WATER
COVERING ROADS AND SEVERAL CARS STUCK IN HIGH WATER. UP TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN SCIOTO COUNTY...WITH UP
TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH EXPECTED BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.
 
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.

DIAN
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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, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 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, 6:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 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 COUNTY

Local storm report, May 19, 6:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 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 COUNTY

Local storm report, May 19, 6:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
658 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0612 PM    WEST UNION                OH   FLOODING
05/19/97   ADAMS                          WATER COVERING SR 247

0640 PM    WEST UNION                OH   FLOODING
05/19/97   ADAMS                          SR 125 BLOCKED BY HIGH
                                          WATER

0643 PM    WEST UNION                OH   FLOODING
05/19/97   ADAMS                          SIGNIFICANT STREET
                                          FLOODING IN WEST UNION

Local storm report, May 19, 6:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
658 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0612 PM    WEST UNION                OH   FLOODING
05/19/97   ADAMS                          WATER COVERING SR 247

0640 PM    WEST UNION                OH   FLOODING
05/19/97   ADAMS                          SR 125 BLOCKED BY HIGH
                                          WATER

0643 PM    WEST UNION                OH   FLOODING
05/19/97   ADAMS                          SIGNIFICANT STREET
                                          FLOODING IN WEST UNION

Local storm report, May 19, 7:36 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
737 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0657 PM                              OH   FLOODING
05/19/97   ADAMS                          WATER COVERING RT 136 2
                                          MILES N OF RT 41

0657 PM    WEST UNION                OH   FLOODING
05/19/97   ADAMS                          2 FEET OF WATER AROUND
                                          HOUSES AND CARS IN
                                          DOWNTOWN

0706 PM    DUNKINSVILLE              OH   FLOODING
05/19/97   ADAMS                          WFATER AROUND BASES OF
                                          BUILDINGS BUILT ON STILTS

Local storm report, May 19, 7:37 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
737 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0657 PM                              OH   FLOODING
05/19/97   ADAMS                          WATER COVERING RT 136 2
                                          MILES N OF RT 41

0657 PM    WEST UNION                OH   FLOODING
05/19/97   ADAMS                          2 FEET OF WATER AROUND
                                          HOUSES AND CARS IN
                                          DOWNTOWN

0706 PM    DUNKINSVILLE              OH   FLOODING
05/19/97   ADAMS                          WATER AROUND BASES OF
                                          BUILDINGS BUILT ON STILTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 8:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams	100 min
May 19, 10:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	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.