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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2002, 7:21 AM EDT for Montgomery County, Preble County, Ohio. 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
- May 7, 2002, 7:21 AM EDT (11:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2002, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 446 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 666 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KILN 071121 FFWILN OHC113-135-071415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 719 AM EDT TUE MAY 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... PREBLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 1015 AM EDT... * WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF PREBLE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 5 AM EDT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 9 AM EDT. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE... CENTERVILLE... DAYTON... EATON... ENGLEWOOD... TROTWOOD... VANDALIA... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KILN 071427 FFSILN OHC113-135-071530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1026 AM EDT TUE MAY 7 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY AND PREBLE COUNTIES IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE RAINFALL OVER THE AREA HAS DIMINISHED...AND THE RAIN EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS IS NOT EXPECTED TO FURTHER WORSEN EXISTING FLOODING. SOME RESIDUAL LOW LAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROAD OR AROUND HIGH WATER SIGNS. MORE THAN HALF OF FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. IT ONLY TAKES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT A CAR OR TRUCK. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette, Highland, Ross | 3 hr |
| May 7, 7:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.