Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1997, 2:49 PM EDT for Grant County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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 18, 1997, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1997, 4:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grant County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 181849 FFWILN KYC081-182050- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 249 PM EDT WED JUN 18 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 450 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY ...GRANT COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY. WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 145 PM AND 245 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING OVER NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY BETWEEN NAPOLEAN AND DRY RIDGE. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST ACROSS GRANT COUNTY THROUGH 33O PM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADS AND AREA CREEKS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. RANDALL 6
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, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 9:29 AM EDT, 5 hours 20 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
Local storm report, Jun 18, 11:18 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1117 AM EDT WED JUN 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 AM KY FLOODING
06/18/97 BOONE NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO HIGH WATER
0950 AM CINCINNATI OH FLOODING
06/18/97 HAMILTON NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED
NEAR DOWNTOWN
1028 AM OH FLOODING
06/18/97 WARREN NUMEROUS CREEKS OUT OF
BANKS. MASON-MORROW ROAD
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER
1100 AM OH FLOODING
06/18/97 CLERMONT NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED
NEAR BATAVIA AND NORTHERN
PART OF COUNTYLocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
125 PM EDT WED JUN 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM FT MITCHELL KY FLOODING
06/18/97 KENTON DAVIS ROAD CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER
1230 PM PICKERINGTON OH FLOODING
06/18/97 FAIRFIELD SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO HIGH WATERLocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
125 PM EDT WED JUN 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM FT MITCHELL KY FLOODING
06/18/97 KENTON DAVIS ROAD CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER
1230 PM PICKERINGTON OH FLOODING
06/18/97 FAIRFIELD SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO HIGH WATERLocal storm report, Jun 18, 2:07 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
207 PM EDT WED JUN 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0100 PM OH FLOODING
06/18/97 LICKING 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER
COVERING SEVERAL ROADS IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTYLocal storm report, Jun 18, 2:19 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
219 PM EDT WED JUN 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0130 PM NEWARK OH FLOODING
06/18/97 LICKING CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS
AND MANY ROADS FLOODED AND
COVERED WITH WATER
SOUTHWEST OF NEWARK.Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:21 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
219 PM EDT WED JUN 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0130 PM NEWARK OH FLOODING
06/18/97 LICKING CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS
AND MANY ROADS FLOODED AND
COVERED WITH WATER
& SOUTHWEST OF NEWARK.The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Kenton | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Campbell | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.