Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1997, 10:47 AM EDT for Clermont County, Ohio. It was in force for 118 min. 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 18, 1997, 10:47 AM EDT (14:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1997, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clermont County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 521 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 181449 FFWILN OHC025-181645- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1047 AM EDT WED JUN 18 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...CLERMONT COUNTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN OVER CLERMONT COUNTY THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY WHERE DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 9 AM EDT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH NOON. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROAD. THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE ENOUGH TO FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE. LOTT
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 18, 9:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 9:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 928 AM EDT WED JUN 18 1997 LTST SFC ALYS HAD LOW PRES STILL BACK OVR SRN IND WITH WRM FNT XTNDG E ALD DAY TO ARND CMH LINE. BROAD AREA OF SHWRS/TSTMS PUSHG E ACRS SRN FA ATTM WITH LCLLY HVY RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICTD UP TO AN INCH PER HR IN SOME LOCATIONS. WL PRBLY LET FFW FOR RIPLEY CNTY IND EXPIRE IN A FEW MINUTES AS HVRR RAIN HAS PUSHED E. NOT MUCH MORE THAN SOME STREET FLOODING OUT OF RIPLEY CNTY SO FAR. LOW PRES PROGD TO TRACK E ACRS SRN FA THRU THIS AFTN. CRNT FCST IN PRETTY GUD SHAPE WITH SHWRS AND TSTMS MOVG ACRS AREA WITH SOME HVY DOWNPOURS PSBL. LOTT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 10:30 AM EDT, 17 minutes before
OHZ054>056-063>065-073-074-079>082-088-182000- FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1030 AM EDT WED JUN 18 1997 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE AREAS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS IN LOW LYING AREAS. AS A RESULT...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROADWAY AS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. LOTT
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 10:32 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
OHZ054>056-063>065-073-074-079>082-088-182000- FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1030 AM EDT WED JUN 18 1997 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE AREAS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS IN LOW LYING AREAS. AS A RESULT...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROADWAY AS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. LOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Warren | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 92 min |
| Jun 18, 1:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Licking | 90 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.