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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 1, 1997Campbell County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1997, 12:37 AM EDT for Campbell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
Jun 1, 1997, 12:37 AM EDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1997, 3:35 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Campbell County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 8:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 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, 8:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 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.

RANDALL
Local storm report, May 31, 10:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1030 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1997

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

1026 PM                              IN   FLOODING
05/31/97   WAYNE                          ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE
                                          WEST AND NORTH PARTS OF
                                          COUNTY. JACKSONBURG...
                                          STOVELAND AND RANDOLF
                                          COUNTY LINE ROADS CLOSED.

RANDALL
Local storm report, May 31, 11:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1122 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1997

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

1115 PM                              OH   FLOODING
05/31/97   DARKE                          FLOODING ACROSS MANY
                                          COUNTY ROADS.

1117 PM                              OH   FLOODING
05/31/97   BROWN                          FLOODING ACROSS MANY
                                          COUNTY ROADS.

1118 PM                              OH   FLOODING
05/31/97   ADAMS                          MANY ROADS FLOODED. U.S.
                                          41 CLOSED BETWEEN
                                          BENTONVILLE AND ABERDEEN.

1121 PM                              OH   FLOODING
05/31/97   HIGHLAND                       MANY ROADS FLOODED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER.

RANDALL
Local storm report, May 31, 11:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1122 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1997

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

1115 PM                              OH   FLOODING
05/31/97   DARKE                          FLOODING ACROSS MANY
                                          COUNTY ROADS.

1117 PM                              OH   FLOODING
05/31/97   BROWN                          FLOODING ACROSS MANY
                                          COUNTY ROADS.

1118 PM                              OH   FLOODING
05/31/97   ADAMS                          MANY ROADS FLOODED. U.S.
                                          41 CLOSED BETWEEN
                                          BENTONVILLE AND ABERDEEN.

1121 PM                              OH   FLOODING
05/31/97   HIGHLAND                       MANY ROADS FLOODED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER.

RANDALL
Local storm report, May 31, 11:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1130 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1997

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

1045 PM                              KY   FLOODING
05/31/97   MASON                          FLOODING ACROSS MANY ROADS

RANDALL
Local storm report, May 31, 11:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1130 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1997

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

1045 PM                              KY   FLOODING
05/31/97   MASON                          FLOODING ACROSS MANY ROADS

RANDALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMason2 hr
May 31, 11:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMason4 hr
Jun 1, 12:37 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNCampbell3 hr
Jun 1, 4:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBoone4 hr
Jun 1, 10:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGallatin, Owen3 hr

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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.