Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Jun 1, 1997, 8:08 AM EDT (12:08 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 1997, 11:00 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Butler County, OH, Warren County, OH

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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

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 1, 2:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.

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

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.