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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 1, 1997Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1997, 7:08 AM EST for Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. 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, 7:08 AM EST (12:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1997, 10:00 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 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 011208
FFWILN
INC041-047-161-177-OHC017-165-011500-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
808 AM EDT (708 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
1100 AM EDT (1000 AM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO

   ...BUTLER COUNTY
   ...WARREN COUNTY

IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
   ...UNION COUNTY
   ...WAYNE COUNTY

IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA

   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS WEEKEND AND
RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST OHIO AND THE WHITEWATER
VALLEY OF INDIANA.  HEAVIER RAIN IS HEADING FOR AREAS NORTH OF
CINCINNATI AND THE WHITEWATER VALLEY...THEREFORE FLOOD WARNINGS
WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT (10 AM EST) FOR THESE AREAS.

SOME ROAD CLOSURES HAVE OCCURRED AND THERE WAS A GOOD DEAL OF
PONDING ON ROADWAYS.
 
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 3:06 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne4 hr
Jun 1, 3:06 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNDearborn, Franklin4 hr
Jun 1, 7:08 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNFranklin3 hr
Jun 1, 10:39 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1997Every 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.