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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 12, 1998Lewis County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 1998, 10:22 PM EDT for Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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: Jun 12, 1998, 10:22 PM EDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 1998, 1:30 AM EDT
In force: 3 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 02:22 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, 2.4 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.

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: 2064 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.2
Supercell composite: 17.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 130223
FFWILN
KYC015-023-037-117-135-161-191-130530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1022 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
  BRACKEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
  KENTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
  MASON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
  PENDLETON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

* EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EDT.

* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
  WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY.  FROM 1 TO
  3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS IN
  ONLY A FEW HOURS.

* THESE AREAS HAVE RECIEVED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW
  DAYS AND RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY BECOME RUN OFF.
  RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO AREA CREEKS AND STREAM.


IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

WILKINSON

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 12, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
845 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1998

TRIED TO GET THIS OUT EARLY...BUT...

22Z SURFACE MAP SHOWED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST AHEAD OF STRONG WIND
SHIFT LINE...WITH TRUE COLD FRONT STILL BACK ACROSS WISCONSIN AND
IOWA.

WITH LINE FILLING IN ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE...HIGH POPS LOOK GOOD FOR
ENTIRE CWA.   UPPER SUPPORT INCREASES OVER THE REGION AROUND 06Z AS 500
MB S/W BEGINS TO SWING THROUGH. PRECIPIATABLE WATERS INCREASE TO OVER
1.50 BY 06Z...AND WITH FFG FOR KY COUNTIES ONLY AROUND 0.5 IN AN
HOUR...ANY THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ABLE TO DROP AT LEAST THAT MUCH.

COLD FRONT PROGGED THROUGH THE AREA AROUND 12Z....USHERING DRIER AIR
MASS.

EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WATCH IN KY...ONLY POSSIBLE CHANGE IN
FORECAST MIGHT BE TO LOWER TEMPERATURES IN W CNTRL N OF DAY ZONE TO THE
MID 60S AS DRIER AIR WORKS IN BEHIND FRONT.

P.S. TO CLE...ON NEXT ZONE ISSUANCE...THE SATURDAY FORECAST FOR TOL
ZONE HAS ...A CHANCE OF A MORNING... NEEDS SHOWER.

SITES

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-080-INZ050-058-059-
066-073>075-080-KYZ089-090-094-130600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
830 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1998

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA -
WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO AND THE MIAMI VALLEY UNTIL 11 PM
EDT (10 PM EST)...
...TORNADO WATCH FOR CARROLL...GALLATIN AND OWEN
COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM EDT (MIDNIGHT EST) SATURDAY
MORNING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LICKING...FAIRFIELD...HOCKING AND
ROSS COUNTIES IN OHIO UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING...

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RUNNING FROM ABOUT
CLEVELAND...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR LIMA TO MUNCIE INDIANA WILL DROP
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THIS EVENING.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...FUNNEL CLOUDS AND DAMAGING WINDS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHEAST INDIANA
WITH THIS LINE.  THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION REMAINS VERY
UNSTABLE AND SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH MAY
PRODUCE TORNADOES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SITES

...CORRECTED WATCH TYPE FOR CARROLL...GALLATIN AND OWEN COUNTIES IN
KENTUCKY...

Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
854 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1998

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

0745 PM    RICHMOND                  IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   WAYNE                          TREES/POWER LINES DOWN

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 10:05 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-080-INZ050-058-059-
066-073>075-080-KYZ089-090-094-130800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1005 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1998

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA -
WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO AND THE MIAMI VALLEY UNTIL 11 PM
EDT (10 PM EST)...
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CARROLL...GALLATIN AND OWEN
COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM EDT (MIDNIGHT EST) SATURDAY
MORNING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LICKING...
FAIRFIELD...HOCKING AND ROSS COUNTIES IN OHIO UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY
MORNING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO AND MUCH OF
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 4 AM EDT (3 AM EST) SATURDAY MORNING...

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RUNNING FROM ABOUT COLUMBUS
SOUTHWEST TO DAYTON THEN TO CINCINNATI WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHEAST
ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION THIS EVENING.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FUNNEL CLOUDS AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND EASTERN
INDIANA WHEN THIS LINE MOVED THROUGH.  THE ATMOSPHERE SOUTH OF THE LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE AND SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES.

NORTH OF THE LINE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSBLE
OVERNIGHT...UNTIL A COLD FRONT ACROSS ILLINOIS SWINGS THROUGH AND
PUSHES THE UNSTABLE AIR *EAST OF THE REGION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SITES

...CORRECTED WATCH TYPE FOR CARROLL...GALLATIN AND OWEN COUNTIES IN
KENTUCKY...

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 10:05 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-080-INZ050-058-059-
066-073>075-080-KYZ089-090-094-130800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1005 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1998

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA -
WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO AND THE MIAMI VALLEY UNTIL 11 PM
EDT (10 PM EST)...
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CARROLL...GALLATIN AND OWEN
COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM EDT (MIDNIGHT EST) SATURDAY
MORNING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LICKING...
FAIRFIELD...HOCKING AND ROSS COUNTIES IN OHIO UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY
MORNING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO AND MUCH OF
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 4 AM EDT (3 AM EST) SATURDAY MORNING...

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RUNNING FROM ABOUT COLUMBUS
SOUTHWEST TO DAYTON THEN TO CINCINNATI WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHEAST
ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION THIS EVENING.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FUNNEL CLOUDS AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND EASTERN
INDIANA WHEN THIS LINE MOVED THROUGH.  THE ATMOSPHERE SOUTH OF THE LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE AND SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES.

NORTH OF THE LINE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSBLE
OVERNIGHT...UNTIL A COLD FRONT ACROSS ILLINOIS SWINGS THROUGH AND
PUSHES THE UNSTABLE AIR *EAST OF THE REGION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SITES

...CORRECTED WATCH TYPE FOR CARROLL...GALLATIN AND OWEN COUNTIES IN
KENTUCKY...

Local storm report, Jun 12, 10:17 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1017 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1998

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

0845 PM    RICHMOND                  IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   WAYNE                          TREES/POWER LINES DOWN

Local storm report, Jun 12, 10:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1022 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1998

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

0830 PM    WAPAKONETA                OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/98   AUGLAIZE

0900 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   DARKE                          TREES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE

0915 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   PREBLE                         TREES DOWN ALONG SR 121 N
                                          OF NEW PARIS

1019 PM                              IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98   FAYETTE                        TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
                                          COUNTY-WIDE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 10:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Bracken, Mason, Pendleton	3 hr
Jun 12, 10:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Campbell, Kenton	3 hr
Jun 12, 10:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Boone	3 hr
Jun 12, 11:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Owen	49 min
Jun 12, 11:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis	49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.