Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Apr 9, 1998, 5:49 AM EDT (09:49 UTC)

Expired

Apr 9, 1998, 7:45 AM EDT

In force

116 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Shelby County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KILN 090949
FFWILN
OHC149-091145-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
549 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO

   ...SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 545 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HEADING NORTH TOWARD SHELBY
COUNTY.   FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.

PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY RECEIVED AN ESTIMATED 2
TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.  NUMEROUS ROADS WERE
REPORTED TO BE FLOODED EARLIER IN THE NIGHT.

THIS NEXT AREA OF RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING OF COUNTY
CREEKS AND STREAMS.

RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN SHELBY COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON AREA
CREEKS AND STREAMS EARLY THIS MORNING.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER CJOVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER 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.

WILKINSON

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 9, 3:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
306 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998

06Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED LOW PRES OVR CNTRL IN WITH PRESSURE FALLS
INDICATING THE DEVELOPING LOW OVR KY.  MODELS INDICATE THAT THE KY LOW
WL BECOME THE MAIN LOW BY 12Z AND TRACK INTO S-CNTRL OH.   KILN 88D
SHOWS A DIVERGING PRECIP PATTERN INDICATING STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE AND
LIFT.  THE DRY AREA IN THE PRECIP WAS BEGINNING TO FILL IN OVER THE LAST
FEW SCANS SO XPCT MORE PRECIP TO MOVE INTO SRN FA THROUGH DAYBREAK.

MODELS BRING H5 VORT INTO FA DURING THE MORNING HOURS.  A DECREASE IN
MEAN RH IS PROGD OVR SRN FA SO PRECIP MAY DECREASE IN COVERAGE THERE
THIS AM.  HOWEVER...LOOKS LIKE A WASH OUT FOR NRN FA WITH -SHRA AND CHC
TSRA ALL DAY.  MODEL PRECIP EFFICIENCY AND MEAN RH INDICATE BY THE LATE
PM PRECIP WL PUSH BACK TOWARD THE SRN FA.  THUS...SUGGEST CAT POPS
DAY-CMH AND SWD TO THE OH RIVER.  MAY BE ABLE TO LWR TO LIKELY OVR NRN
KY.

PRECIP WL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS A TROF DROPS SWD ACROSS FA.  SHOULD BE
ABLE TO KEEP THUNDER OUT TONIGHT XCPT FOR PMH-CVG.

TEMPS WL BE MUCH COOLER TODAY AS FA SHIFTS TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW.
MOS GUIDANCE LOOKS REASONABLE.

WILKINSON

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.