Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Jun 29, 1998, 9:44 PM EDT (01:44 UTC)

Expired

Jun 30, 1998, 12:40 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, OH, Madison County, OH, Pickaway County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KILN 300144
FFWILN
OHC049-097-129-300440-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
944 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO.
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO.
  PICKAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO.

* EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1240 AM EDT.

*AT 940 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE PRODUCING AN INCH TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN
AN HOURS WILL MOVE ACROSS MADISON...FRANKLIN...AND PICKAWAY
COUNTIES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

*SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE RAINS RECEIVED
SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...MUCH OF THE RAIN WILL FLOW
DIRECTLY INTO THE STREAMS AND CREEKS AND WILL CAUSE THEM TO RISE
RAPIDLY. THE MAIN LOCATIONS OF CONCERN ARE ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTH PICKAWAY
COUNTIES.

AREA RESBIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN.

INNES

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 29, 9:00 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
900 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

COMPLEX IN CENTRAL INDINANA CONTINUES TO DROP TO THE SOUTHEAST.
CURRENT TRACK WILL BRING THE STRONGEST STORMS INTO SOUTHWEST SECTION
OF CWA...BUT REST OF CWA WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE THE SYSTEM. WOULD
UP POPS TO CATEGORICAL...AT LEAST TO IN SW OH...SE IN AND NRN KY DUE
TO EXTENSIVE PRECIP SHEILD.  FLASH FLOOD WATCHES LOOKING GOOD.

WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S LOWER MIGHT HOLD IN THE 70 TO 75
RANGE ACROSS THE SOUTH.

SITES

In the hours before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089-090-094-300525-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
737 PM EDT (632 PM EST) MON JUN 29 1998

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA (INCLUDING THE WHITEWATER
   VALLEY) AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA (INCLUDING
THE WHITEWATER VALLEY) AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY THROUGH 1 AM EDT
(MIDNIGHT EST). A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE ALREADY
PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DIVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH INDIANA AND
NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING.  LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS
AND EVEN SOME TORNADOES COULD OCCUR WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN INDIANA
AND NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE RICHMOND...BROOKVILLE...
LAWRENCEBURG...CARROLLTON AND OWENTON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
CONCERNING THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

FARINA

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.