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Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 1998, 3:28 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 87 min. 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 11, 1998, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1998, 4:55 PM EST
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 112029 FFWILN INC041-047-161-177-112155- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 428 PM EDT (328 PM EST) THU JUN 11 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA. UNION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. WAYNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. * EFFECTIVE UNTIL 455 PM EST (555 PM EDT). *BETWEEN 3 PM AND 320 PM EST...AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORTED THAT HIGH WATER COVERED NUMEROUS ROADS...AND THAT CREEKS WERE RUNNING AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL. *AT 325 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS... WERE DEVELOPING AND PUSHING INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. *BY 5 PM EST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE UP TO ONE-HALF TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS AND CREEKS. SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
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 11, 1:33 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:33 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 233 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1998 DISC: IMMEDIATED CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE FLOOD POTENTIAL. FORCED ASCENT OF HIGH THETA-E AIR ALONG NEARLY STATIONARY MESOSCALE BNDRY CONTINUES TO FOCUS +RA DVLPMNT IN THE AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE A BROAD AXIS OF 3-4 INCH TOTALS SINCE THIS MORNING FROM E CENTRAL INDIANA INTO N KY...WITH A MAX OF 5.6 INCHES IN BOONE COUNTY. FLOODING HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD IN THESE AREAS. OVERNIGHT LLVL MSTR WL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE REGION ON A N INCREASING LLVL JET. THERE WL BE CHGS ALOFT HWVR...AS MODEL TIMESXNS INDICATE A WARMING AND DRYING TREND IN THE MID-UPPER LVLS. WITH THIS IN MIND...I XPCT TO SEE A GRADUAL DECREASE IN PCPN CVRG ACRS THE AREA. WL STILL SEE THE THREAT FOR STRONG CONVECTION NEAR THE BNDRY HWVR...AND I FEEL AN FFA IS JUSTIFIED OVERNIGHT WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM EAST CENTRAL INDIANA INTO NORTH CENTRAL KY. FCST WIND FIELDS AND STABILITY PARAMETERS SUGGEST ORGANIZED/STRONG CONVECTION REMAINS PSBL THROUGH FRI NGT...BEFORE COLD FRONT USHERS DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. HAVE KEPT POPS IN THE CHC CATEGORY THROUGHOUT THE PD...AND UNDERCUT MOS TEMPS JUST A BIT. N CMH 69/80/67/78 6344 CVG 69/81/68/79 4444 DAY 68/81/66/77 5344 JOHNSTONE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 1:25 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
225 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1020 AM IN FLOODING
06/11/98 FRANKLIN WATER COVERING THE ROADS
ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION
OF THE COUNTY ROADS CLOSED
ACROSS THE COUNTY
1056 AM SIDNEY OH FLOODING
06/11/98 SHELBY STREET FLOODING ACROSS
CITY OF SIDNEY WATER
ACROSS ROADS IN WESTERN
PORTION OF COUNTY
1105 AM KY FLOODING
06/11/98 BOONE ROADS CLOSED DUE TO WATER
ACROSS THE ROADSLocal storm report, Jun 11, 2:15 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
315 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1125 AM OH FLOODING
06/11/98 DARKE ROAD CLOSED ACROSS SR 47N
HIGH WATER ACROSS OTHER
ROADS ACROSS COUNTY
1130 AM KY FLOODING
06/11/98 KENTON HIGH WATER ACROSS THE
ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY
1140 AM IN FLOODING
06/11/98 WAYNE HIGH WATER ACROSS ROADS
ACROSS COUNTY
1140 AM OH FLOODING
06/11/98 MIAMI HIGH WATER ACROSS
NUMBEROUS ROADS
1200 PM IN FLOODING
06/11/98 UNION HIGH WATER ACROSS ROADS
ACROSS THE COUNTY
1215 PM IN FLOODING
06/11/98 FRANKLIN PART OF ST RT 121 CLOSED
WITH HIGH WATER ST RT 44
CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN
PART OF COUNTYLocal storm report, Jun 11, 3:01 PM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
401 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0100 PM OH FLOODING
06/11/98 SHELBY ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE
WESTERN PORTION OF COUNTY
HIGH WATER ACROSS THE
COUNTY
0133 PM IN FLOODING
06/11/98 FRANKLIN COUNTY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER
0140 PM IN FLOODING
06/11/98 UNION COUNTY ROADS COVERED WITH
HIGH WATER
0210 PM ALPINE IN FLOODING
06/11/98 FAYETTE FLOODING ACROSS ALPINE
COUNTY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER
0230 PM RICHMOND IN FLOODING
06/11/98 WAYNE ROADS CLOSED IN RICHMOND
COUNTY ROADS CLOSED ACROSS
COUNTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:23 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Wayne | 2 hr |
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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.