Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Jun 16, 1998, 11:20 AM EDT (15:20 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 1998, 12:50 PM EDT

In force

90 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dearborn County, IN, Hamilton County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KILN 161521
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INC029-OHC061-161650-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1120 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.
  DEARBORN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA.

* EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1250 PM EDT.

* AT 1115 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN DEARBORN COUNTY SINCE 1030 AM EDT.

* HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ACROSS DEARBORN AND
WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING
PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

LOTT

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 16, 10:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1002 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

VORT MAX CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN IL IS PROGGED TO MOVE IN SOUTHERN OHIO
BY AFTERNOON.  MODIFIED ILN SOUNDING CONTINUED TO SHOW AN UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE OVER THE REGION...WITH LI TO -8 AND CAPES OVER 2400 J/KG.
ILN RADAR SHOWING STORMS FIRING IN SOUTHEAST IN...IN THE PVA AND MOVING
ACROSS THE MIAMI VALLEY.  THIS AREA ALREADY SOAKED FROM THE RAINS OF
THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. FFA IN THIS REGION A TOUGH CALL...FFG FROM
YESTERDAY WAS AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH PRECIPIATABLE
WATERS AT 1.26 AND MORE SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IT WILL BE
CLOSE.

UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER CWA TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BRINGING TEMPORARY
BREAK FROM THE WET WEATHER.

LOOKED OVER CURRENT FORECAST AND IN GENERAL IT IS LOOKING GOOD.

SITES

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

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.