Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 1997, 10:00 PM EDT for Adams County, 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, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 1997, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, OH, Scioto County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 200159 FFWILN OHC001-145-200400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1000 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ADAMS COUNTY ...SCIOTO COUNTY AT 945 PM EDT...HIGH WATER WAS STILL CAUSING PROBLEMS ACROSS ADAMS AND SCIOTO COUNTIES. RESCUES WERE STILL BEING PERFORMED NEAR WAMSLEY IN EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY AND FLOODING WAS STILL OBSERVED IN OTWAY IN NORTHWEST SCIOTO COUNTY. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THROUGH MIDNIGHT. NEW RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE LESS THAN A HALF AN INCH BUT THIS WILL STILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ADAMS AND SCIOTO COUNTIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE R OADWAY. 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, 8:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 8:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 850 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 SFC ANLYS SHWG CD FNT ACRS FAR SRN FA WITH SHWRS AND A FEW TSTMS CONTG S OF A LINE FROM CHILLICOTHE BACK TO OWENTON. SOUTHWARD PUSH OF PCPN HAS SLOWED UP AND MAIN THREAT NOW FLOODING ACRS FAR SRN CNTYS. BEST RAINFALL AMTS HAV FALLEN ACRS ADAMS AND SCIOTO CNTYS WITH NMRS REPORTS OF FLOODING. WITH FNT PUSHING SLOWLY S...TSTM INTENSITY SHUD CONT TO DCRS AS AMS STBLZS. THUS FLOOD THREAT SHUD CONT TO DCRS HOWEVER MAY NEED HANG ON TO MENTION OF TSTMS ACRS FAR S THRU THIS EVNG. CLRG HAS WORKED INTO FAR NW THIS EVNG BUT BAND OF LGT RAIN SHWRS SHWG UP ON RADAR FM JUST N OF DAY TO ARND EVV AND THIS SHUD PUSH ACRS MUCH OF FA THRU RMNDR EVNG SO AGN MAY NEED TO HANG ON TO SMALL CHC OF SHWRS ALL BUT LIMA AND DAY AREAS THRU MDNGT. MDLS TRY TO BRING GOOD DRYING IN BY MRNG SO SHUD SEE SOME CLRG ACRS MUCH OF AREA. HOWEVER...WITH FNT RMNG JUST S OF FA FOR MUC$H OF NGT...CLDS MAY BE SLOW TO CLR ACRS S AND MAY JUST WANT TO GO WITH BCMG PRTLY CLDY CVG AND PMH. WITH DRYING PUSHING IN BEHIND FNT...DWPTS SHUD CONT TO FALL OVRNGT AND CRNT LOW TMP FCST LUKS RSNBL. LOTT
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 19, 7:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 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 STILTSLocal storm report, May 19, 7:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 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 STILTSSpecial weather statement, May 19, 8:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
OHZ073-074-082-088-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 810 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN SO ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL PERSIST...ESPECIALLY ACROSS ADAMS AND SCIOTO COUNTIES. HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LOTT
Special weather statement, May 19, 8:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
OHZ073-074-082-088-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 810 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN SO ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL PERSIST...ESPECIALLY ACROSS ADAMS AND SCIOTO COUNTIES. HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LOTT
Local storm report, May 19, 8:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
820 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0733 PM OH FLOODING
05/19/97 ADAMS WATER COVERING RT 348 6
MILES EAST OF WEST UNION
0742 PM CEDAR MILLS OH FLOODING
05/19/97 ADAMS 2 FEET OF WATER OVER RT
348Local storm report, May 19, 8:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
820 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0733 PM OH FLOODING
05/19/97 ADAMS WATER COVERING RT 348 6
MILES EAST OF WEST UNION
0742 PM CEDAR MILLS OH FLOODING
05/19/97 ADAMS 2 FEET OF WATER OVER RT
348The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 2 hr |
| May 19, 8:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 100 min |
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.