Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Jan 7, 1998, 10:35 PM EST (03:35 UTC)

Expired

Jan 8, 1998, 12:30 AM EST

In force

115 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Hocking County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KILN 080337
FFWILN
OHC073-080530-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1035 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL OHIO

   ...HOCKING COUNTY
 
AN ESTIMATED ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN ACROSS HOCKING COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE
REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AND STREAMS OUT OF
THEIR BANKS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF HOCKING COUNTY AND
ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN HALF AN INCH CAN BE
EXPECTED. THE FLOODING CONDITIONS SHOULD SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THtE
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.

KELLS

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 7, 8:25 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
825 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

AREA RADARS SHWG PCPN STARTING TO TAPER OFF SOME ACRS WRN PORTIONS FA AS
MINOR DRY SLOT TRIES TO WORK IN FM THE SW. STILL SCT SHWRS ACRS WRN FA
THO AND PCPN APPEARS TO BE REDVLPG BACK TO THE SW. MDT TO OCNLY HVY RA
CONTG ACRS ERN FA WITH IR SAT PIX INDICTG COOLING CLOUD TOPS PAST CPL
HRS. NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FLOODING PBLMS SO FAR WITH MAINLY JUST SOME LOW-
LYING AND MINOR STREET FLOODING. HOWEVER...WITH ANOTHER CPL OF HRS OF
GOOD RAIN...WL HAV TO WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ACRS ERN
FA. WITH MID LVLS DRYING OUT SOME...SHUD SEE THREAT FOR WDSPRD HVY RAIN
END THRU THIS EVNG BUT WITH PDS OF RAIN XPCTD TO CONT WL NOT TAKE MUCH
FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING. FLOOD WATCH MARGINAL ACRS WRN PORTIONS OF
FA...ESPCLY LIMA AREA...BUT FOR NOW PRBLY BEST TO LEAVE UP.

TMPS RANGING FM NEAR 40 LIMA AREA TO NEAR 60 PMH. SFC BNDRY CRNTLY XTNDG
FM LOW OVR N CNTRL TN TO JUST S OF CVG AND THEN UP TO ARND CMH. BNDRY
HAS BEEN SAGGING SLOWLY S WITH WNDS PICKING UP BEHIND IT. WITH BNDRY
SAGGING S...TMPS LIKELY TO DRP OFF SOME MORE AND LOWS IN MID 40S MAY
WORK BETTER FOR CVG/CMH AREA AND LOW 40S DAY.

LOTT

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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.