Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 10:53 AM EST (15:53 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 4:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Scioto County, OH

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TTAA00 KILN 011554
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KYC023-161-OHC001-015-145-012100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1053 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
 
   ...BRACKEN COUNTY...MASON COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...BROWN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY
   ...SCIOTO COUNTY
 
AT 1052 AM...THE WILMINGTON RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW RAINFALL OCCURRING
THOUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA. RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT IN THE AREA HAS
REACHED ALMOST 4 TO 5 INCHES...ACCORDING TO SPOTTER REPORTS AND RADAR
ESTIMATES.
 
ACCORDING TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS IN THOSE COUNTIES...MANY LIFE
THREATENING SITUATIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW.  DO NOT VENTURE INTO ANY
WATERWAY...NO MATTER HOW TAME THE WATERWAY NORMALLY APPEARS.
 
THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR ADAMS AND
SCIOTO COUNTIES...AND UPGRADES THE OTHER COUNTIES TO FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS (THEY WERE UNDER URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNINGS).
 
REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD DEATHS ARE THE RESULT OF EITHER DRIVING
INTO FLOOD WATERS OR CHILDREN PLAYING IN FLOODED AREAS. NEVER DRIVE
INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER LEVEL MAY BE MUCH DEEPER THAN YOU
THINK...OR THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT COMPLETELY. DO NOT LET YOUR
CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES OR STREAMS.
 
AVOID CROSSING FLOWING WATER...EITHER IN YOUR CAR OR ON FOOT. THE
SWIFT CURRENT CAN SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET OR CARRY YOUR CAR AWAY.
STAY AWAY FROM DRAINS...DITCHES...AND LOW SPOTS. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
DANGELO
&

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 1, 9:45 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
945 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997

13Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED LOW PRES OVR ERN MN WITH THE WARM FNT ALONG
THE OH-MI BORDER.  60F DEWPOINTS WERE AS FAR N AS THE OH RIVER.  MCSS
WERE FIRING IN HIGHEST DEWPOINT AIR AND MOVG ALONG THE SAME BOUNDARY.
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING IN S-CNTRL OH AND NRN KY HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED.  IR IMAGERY INDICATES COLD CLOUD TOPS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP
ACROSS WRN KY.  TREND HAS BEEN FOR EACH BAND OF PRECIP TO SLIDE SLOWLY
SEWD.  THUS...PRECIP WL TAPER OFF ACROSS NRN KY AND S-CNTRL OH BY NOON.
HOWEVER...MODELS KEEP MOISTURE ACROSS AREA AND INCREASE THE LIFT AND
INSTABILITY TOWARD 00Z SUN.  THUS... CONT CHC OF SHRA/TSRA THIS PM.
ALSO...WITH PLENTY OF MCS BLOWOFF...EVEN IF LOWER CLOUDS BREAK...HIGH
CLOUDS WILL KEEP IN CLOUDY TODAY.

WILKINSON

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

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