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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 9, 1998Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Apr 9, 1998, 12:05 PM EST for Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 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: Apr 9, 1998, 12:05 PM EST (17:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 1998, 4:05 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 228 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILN 091707
FFWILN
INC041-161-177-092105-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
105 PM EDT (1205 PM EST) THU APR 9 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 405 PM EST (505 PM
EDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
   ...UNION COUNTY
   ...WAYNE COUNTY


FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
WHITEWATER VALLEY. THE AREA HAS RECEIVED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS AND THIS HAS CAUSED STREAMS AND CREEKS IN
THE REGION TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS 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.

FARINA

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 Apr 9, 9:05 AM EST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 9:05 AM EST, 3 hours before

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1005 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998

13Z SFC ANLYS SHWG LOW PRES NEAR CMH WITH AREA RADARS INDICTG NARROW
LINE OF TSTMS HAS PUSHED OUT OF NERN FA WHILE MORE PCPN WRAPPING BACK
INTO WRN PORTIONS OF FA. LOW PRES WL CONT TO PUSH E THRU TDA AS TROF
HANGING BACK TO THE W SAGS SLOWLY S. WITH THIS...DEEPER MSTR ACRS NRN
IND/NRN OH WILL PUSH DOWN ACRS FA THRU THIS EVNG. 12Z ILN RAOB SLGTLY
UNSTBL THIS MRNG AND WITH SLTGLTY COOLER AIR MOVG IN ALF...MOD SNDG SLGTLY
MORE UNSTBL SO A FEW TSTMS NOT OUT OF QUESTION...ESPECIALLY ACRS SRN
PORTIONS OF FA WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A LTL SUN THIS MRNG. PRETTY GUD
RAINS FELL ACRSS FAR NRN FA OVRNGT SO WL HAVE TO KP AN EYE ON FLOODING
PBLMS THERE BUT PCPN SHUD GNRLY BE LGT ENUF TO PREVENT ANY MAJOR PBLMS.
WNDS HAV PICKED UP ON BACK SIDE OF LOW AND MAY NEED TO BUMP WNDS UP A
LTL THRU ERLY AFTN. WITH CLDS AND PCPN MOVG BACK IN AND CAA DVLPG...
TMPS MAY NOT GO UP TOO MUCH WITH HIGHS MORE LIKE MID 50S DAY...CMH AND
CVG AREAS.

LOTT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:34 AM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
734 AM EDT THU APR 09 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0224 AM    SIDNEY                    OH   FLOODING
04/09/98   SHELBY                         SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
                                          FLOODED AND CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER

0633 AM    BELLEFONTAINE             OH   FLOODING
04/09/98   LOGAN                          SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN
                                          BELLEFONTAINE AND STATE
                                          ROUTE 274 COVERED WITH
                                          WATER

DIAN-REED

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:34 AM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
734 AM EDT THU APR 09 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0224 AM    SIDNEY                    OH   FLOODING
04/09/98   SHELBY                         SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
                                          FLOODED AND CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER

0133 AM    BELLEFONTAINE             OH   FLOODING
04/09/98   LOGAN                          SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN
                                          BELLEFONTAINE AND STATE
                                          ROUTE 274 COVERED WITH
                                          WATER

DIAN-REED
CORRECTED FOR TIME OF LOGAN FLOODING

Local storm report, Apr 9, 10:15 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1115 AM EDT THU APR 09 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0800 AM    QUINCY                    OH   FLOODING
04/09/98   LOGAN                          SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE
                                          TO HIGH WATER IN QUINCY
                                          AND DEGRAFF

DIAN-REED

Local storm report, Apr 9, 10:15 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1115 AM EDT THU APR 09 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0800 AM    QUINCY                    OH   FLOODING
04/09/98   LOGAN                          SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE
                                          TO HIGH WATER IN QUINCY
                                          AND DEGRAFF

DIAN-REED

Local storm report, Apr 9, 10:23 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1123 AM EDT THU APR 09 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0700 AM    PEMBERTON                 OH   FLOODING
04/09/98   SHELBY                         SEVERAL ROADS STILL CLOSED
                                          DUE TO HIGH WATER IN
                                          EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY

DIAN-REED

Local storm report, Apr 9, 10:23 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1123 AM EDT THU APR 09 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0700 AM    PEMBERTON                 OH   FLOODING
04/09/98   SHELBY                         SEVERAL ROADS STILL CLOSED
                                          DUE TO HIGH WATER IN
                                          EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY

DIAN-REED

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 8:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Wayne	37 min

Nearby

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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.