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Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 15, 1998Union County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1998, 9:36 PM EDT for Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 119 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 15, 1998, 9:36 PM EDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1998, 11:35 PM EDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Union County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 160137
FFWILN
OHC159-160335-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
936 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS FOR...
  UNION COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO.

* EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1135 PM EDT.

* AT 930 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO
INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN UNION COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF STATE ROUTE 47...SINCE 8 PM EDT.

* THE UNION COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT HIGH WATER SIGNS WILL BE
PLACED ON BALDWIN ROAD NEAR ESSEX.

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE TO ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
NORTHERN UNION COUNTY BY 1135 PM EDT. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN
WILL FLOOD CREEKS...STREAMS AND ROADS IN THE AREA.

*

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY.

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 15, 8:47 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 8:47 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
847 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

LOW PRES REMAINS ACROSS WRN OH VLY THIS EVENING AND IS PROGD TO MOVE
ONLY SLOWLY EWD.  ETA PROGS VORT OVR MO TO MOVE TO NR KCVG BY 12Z. WITH
PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN PLACE AND SHRA/TSRA STILL OCCURRING...WL NEED TO
KEEP SCT SHRA/TSRA IN FCST OVERNIGHT.  OVERNIGHT LOWS LOOK REASONABLE.

WILKINSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams, Scioto2 hr
Jun 16, 11:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHamilton90 min
Jun 16, 11:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler94 min
Jun 16, 11:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler33 min
Jun 16, 11:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren47 min
Jun 16, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton29 min
Jun 16, 12:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton48 min
Jun 16, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Hamilton34 min
Jun 16, 12:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNClermont2 hr
Jun 16, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Highland48 min
Jun 16, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene21 min
Jun 16, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams33 min
Jun 16, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown42 min
Jun 16, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway50 min
Jun 16, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto53 min
Jun 16, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin65 min
Jun 16, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield60 min
Jun 16, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Scioto49 min
Jun 16, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware49 min
Jun 16, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking48 min
Jun 16, 2:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNScioto3 hr
Jun 16, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto38 min

Nearby

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

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.