Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1997, 9:38 PM EDT for Mason County, Kentucky; Adams County, Brown County, Highland 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 31, 1997, 9:38 PM EDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1997, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mason County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Highland County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 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 010137 FFWILN KYC161-OHC001-015-071-010400- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 938 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ADAMS COUNTY ...BROWN COUNTY ...HIGHLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY ...MASON COUNTY AT 937 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. REPORTS FROM THESE COUNTIES INDICATE THAT WATER WAS RISING OVER ROADS IN SPOTS AND THAT SOME ROADS MAY SOON BE CLOSED. SOME CREEKS WERE ALSO REPORTED TO BE RISING OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 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. WILKINSON
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 31, 8:49 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 8:49 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 849 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1997 00Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED LOW PRES NR THE SMOKEY MOUNTAINS WITH TROF/FNT MOVG SLOWLY EWD ACROSS FA. WINDS AT CVG-ILN-CMH HAVE ALL GONE NE IN THE LAST FEW HOURS. KILN 88D SHOWS AREA OF +RA WITH ISOLD TSRA OVR SERN FA AND -RA FURTHER N AND W. FEELING HERE IS THAT NEXT BATCH OF HEAVIER PRECIP LATER TONIGHT WL BEGIN TO CAUSE MORE WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS. CONT FFA IN OH. MODELS SHOW MOISTURE MOVG SLOWLY EWD TONIGHT AND THEN PROG FEATURES TO PIVOT BACK W ACROSS SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT PRECIP TODAY. CONCERNED TOMORROW ABOUT MORE CONVECTION AS MODELS SHOW SOME DRYING IN THE MID LEVELS. WILKINSON
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 31, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
800 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM WILLIAMSBURG IN FLOODING
05/31/97 WAYNE 3 ROADS CLOSED AROUND THE
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG
BECAUSE OF GREENS FORK
CREEK OVER FLOWING.
0748 PM OH FLOODING
05/31/97 DARKE SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER. US ROUTE 36
CLOSED DUE TO WATER ACROSS
THE ROAD.
RANDALLLocal storm report, May 31, 8:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
800 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM WILLIAMSBURG IN FLOODING
05/31/97 WAYNE 3 ROADS CLOSED AROUND THE
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG
BECAUSE OF GREENS FORK
CREEK OVER FLOWING.
0748 PM OH FLOODING
05/31/97 DARKE SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER. US ROUTE 36
CLOSED DUE TO WATER ACROSS
THE ROAD.
RANDALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mason | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Campbell | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Campbell | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Gallatin, Owen | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clermont | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clark | 116 min |
| Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin, Union | 3 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.