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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 1, 1997Dearborn County, Franklin County, Indiana; Boone County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1997, 4:06 AM EDT for Dearborn County, Franklin County, Indiana; Boone County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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, 4:06 AM EDT (08:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 1997, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Dearborn County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Boone County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 010806
FFWILN
INC029-041-047-161-177-KYC015-OHC017-025-061-165-011200-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
406 AM EDT (306 AM EST) SUN JUN 1 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800
AM EDT (700 AM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO

   ...BUTLER COUNTY
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY
   ...WARREN COUNTY
   ...CLERMONT COUNTY

IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY

   ...BOONE COUNTY

IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA

   ...DEARBORN COUNTY
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
   ...UNION COUNTY
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
ACROSS THE CINCINNATI METROPOLITAN AREA INTO THE WHITEWATER
VALLEY OF INDIANA...MANY AREAS HAVE SEEN BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF
TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION THIS WEEKEND.  SINCE MIDNIGHT THIS SAME
AREA HAS RECEIVED UPWARDS OF THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF
RAINFALL RESULTING IN SOME ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER.

OCCASIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...
RESULTING IN MORE ROAD CLOSURES AND RISING WATERS ON THE CREEKS AND
STREAMS.
 

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.

SANDLER

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 Jun 1, 2:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
245 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997

WOW  BIG UPPER LOW BARELY MOVES THRU THE PD AS IT OCCLUDES. ISENTROPIC
DATA SHOWS CONTINUAL LIFT TODAY WITH SATURATED CONDITIONS.  UVV...LOW
LVL MOISTURE CONVG AND UPPER DIVG ALL OVER RGN THRU THE PD ALTHOUGH
THESE PARAMETERS WEAKEN MONDAY AS SYSTEM OCCLUDES.  PCPN EFFICIENCY
MAXIMUM AXIS NR THE OH RVR INITIALLY THEN LIFTS NWRD ACROSS C AND N OH
AND IN.  RAINFALL CONVEYER BELT THAT HAS BEEN SURGG NWRD WL BEGIN TO
CHANGE ITS ORIENTATION BY LAYING OUT E-W TNGT INTO MON.  THIS WL ALLOW
DRY SLOT TO LIFT NWRD TO OH RVR LTR THIS AFTN OR EVENG.  COULD TURN OUT
THAT HEAVIEST RAIN WITH THIS EVENT ENDS UP IN CMH AREA.  AM NOT SURE IF
UPSTREAM FLOW OFF MTNS WL END UP REDUCG QPF AMOUNTS...BUT DYNAMICS AND
MOISTURE IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH TODAY NOT TO FACTOR THAT IN.

WL RECOMMEND FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF FA TODAY AND TNGT...THIS INCLUDES
SE IN AND N KY COUNTIES.  COULD BE TROUBLE IF WE DOUBLE OUR CURRENT QPF
BY MON MORNG.  WL WORRY ABOUT PCPN CUTTG OFF IN THE S LTR AND NOT TRY
TO GET FANCY WITH THE FLOOD WATCH TIMG.  HOPEFULLY CONVECTION STAYS
WELL TO OUR S AND E...BUT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD GET INTO NE KY AND
SC OH.  ONLY POSS CHANGE IN FCST WOULD BE TO LWR MON POPS AS ORGANIZED
PCPN AREA MAY NOT OCCUR WITH SCT CONVECTION AROUND SLOWLY DYING SYSTEM.

SEE NO REASON TO STRAY FM FWC NUMBERS.

CVG  67/60/75/59  +/5/4
DAY  66/59/72/58  +/8/5
CMH  67/60/72/59  +/+/7

SANDLER

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 10:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 36 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, 4 hours 44 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, 4 hours 43 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, 4 hours 36 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, 4 hours 35 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:06 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	4 hr
Jun 1, 8:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 1, 8:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Franklin	3 hr
Jun 1, 11:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	3 hr
May 31, 9:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Mason	2 hr
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, 10:23 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Gallatin, Owen	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1997 Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1997 Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.