Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Jun 1, 1997, 11:39 AM EDT (15:39 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 1997, 2:30 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Auglaize County, OH, Mercer County, OH

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BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1139 AM EDT (1039 AM EST) SUN JUN 1 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM EDT (130 PM
EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO

   ...AUGLAIZE COUNTY
   ...MERCER COUNTY
   ...PUTNAM COUNTY

IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
   ...UNION COUNTY
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL SINCE 5 AM HAS BROUGHT UP TO AN INCH OF
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE
WHITEWATER VALLEY OF INDIANA.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS CAUSED
PONDING ON ROADS AND SOME ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER.  LIGHT
TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON IN THIS SAME
AREA.  THE WATER IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RECEDE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

SOME CITIES IN THE FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE OTTAWA...WAPAKONETA...
CELINA...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...AND LIBERTY.
 
SANDLER

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 1, 2:45 AM EDT, 8 hours 54 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.