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Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 1997, 10:44 PM EDT for Lewis 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
- Jul 2, 1997, 10:44 PM EDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1997, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lewis County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 030245 FFWILN KYC135-030445- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1044 PM EDT WED JUL 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY ...LEWIS COUNTY A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH LEWIS COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED UP TO THREE INCHES. MANY LOCATIONS WILL SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATJER 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. DISTEFANO
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 Jul 2, 8:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 8:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 807 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997 NOT MUCH TIME TO LOOK AT ANYTHING. LDS INDICATES LGT W/ PREFRNTL TROF...NOTHING W/ FNT. TOR WATCH FOR CENTRAL/SRN OH/NRN KY CONTS TIL 11 PM. LOOKS LIKE MSTLY CLR SKIES OVRNITE...WINDS STAY UP...NO FOG. FARINA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 2, 9:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
921 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM VAN WERT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 VAN WERT SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN VAN
WERT
0430 PM ROCKFORD OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MERCER 1 TREE DOWN IN ROCKFORD
0430 PM VAN WERT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 VAN WERT SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN VAN
WERT
0455 PM CELINA OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MERCER 1 TREE DOWN
0458 PM MONTEZUMA OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MERCER 1 TREE DOWN
0545 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 LOGAN TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
0552 PM MECHANICSBURG OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 CHAMPAIGN TREES DOWN
0615 PM NEW LEBANON OH TORNADO
07/02/97 MONTGOMERY TOUCHDOWN BY US35 AND NEW
LEBANON
0630 PM SUNBURY OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 DELAWARE SEVERAL TREES DOWN
0637 PM GAHANNA OH TORNADO
07/02/97 FRANKLIN TOUCHDOWN NEAR MORRIS RD
0708 PM OH 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/02/97 HAMILTON HAIL COUNTYWIDE
0742 PM BURTONVILLE OH .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/97 CLINTON DIME SIZE HAIL
0753 PM HIGHLAND OH 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/02/97 HIGHLAND RPTD BY SPOTTER
0808 PM LEESBURG OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 HIGHLAND TREES DOWN
0812 PM ALEXANDRIA KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/02/97 CAMPBELL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
0835 PM FELICITY OH TORNADO
07/02/97 CLERMONT Z HOUSES DESTROYED
0840 PM OH TORNADO
07/02/97 BROWN TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN
HAMMERSVILLELocal storm report, Jul 2, 9:46 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
946 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0915 PM PORTSMOUTH OH .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/97 SCIOTO DIME SIZE HAIL
0915 PM PORTSMOUTH OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 SCIOTO TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jul 2, 9:59 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
959 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM NEW MADISON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 DARKE POWER LINES DOWN
0600 PM WEST ALEXANDRIA OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 PREBLE TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jul 2, 10:00 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
959 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM NEW MADISON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 DARKE POWER LINES DOWN
0600 PM WEST ALEXANDRIA OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 PREBLE TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jul 2, 10:29 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1029 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0620 PM FAIRBORN OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 GREENE HOUSE OFF FOUNDATION
0630 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MONTGOMERY TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
0700 PM LANCASTER OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 FAIRFIELD TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1029 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0620 PM FAIRBORN OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 GREENE HOUSE OFF FOUNDATION
0630 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MONTGOMERY TREES DO WN COUNTYWIDE
0700 PM LANCASTER OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 FAIRFIELD TREES DOWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 9:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Mason | 49 min |
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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.