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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2002, 3:42 PM EDT for Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 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 28, 2002, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2002, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scioto County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 281942 FFWILN OHC145-282145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 339 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT... * AT 339 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN AN HOUR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF LUCASVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST PORTSMOUTH. THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED THIS HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...RUNOFF IS REACHING AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS CAUSING RAPID RISES. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE... LUCASVILLE... 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. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KILN 282040 FFSILN OHC145-282145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 438 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCIOTO COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 438 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHWEST SCIOTO COUNTY. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO THIS AREA BRINGING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL. THUS HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED TWO FEET OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 73 EAST OF OTWAY AT 359 PM. 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. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN
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 May 28, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 338 9M EDT TUE MAY 28 2002 LTST RADAR SHWS CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. CAPES ARE AROUND 1500 J/KG THERE. STORMS HAVE HAD UP TO 55 VIL BUT HAIL REPORTS HAVE BEEN LESS THAN 3/4 INCH. ALSO...RADAR AND GAGES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH SEVERAL OF THE STORMS. WILL MAKE A DECISION AT ISSUE TIME REGARDING TIMING OF PCPN TONIGHT. WILL KEEP 40 POPS ON WEDNESDAY. NOT MUCH FORCING BUT SURFACE BOUNDARY IN PROXIMITY AND CAPES ARE AROUND 1500 J/KG AGAIN WITH NO CIN IN AFTERNOON. A LOT OF MID LEVEL AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WITH 70 PERCENT RH UP TO 30000 FEET AND DECENT OMEGA THROUGH THE LAYER. FWC TEMPS SEEM TOO HIGH WITH THIS PROFILE. ETA AND AVN DID REALIZE EFFECT OF RAIN ON TEMPS FOR TODAY AND THEY ARE BOTH GOING UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. WILL GO LOW 80S AS THICKNESS POINT TO THIS. FOR THURSDAY...THERE IS LESS MID LEVEL MOISTURE BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL STILL BE ABUNDANT. THE RECENTLY COOL ETA NOW AS WARM AS FWC IN MID 80S. OTHER TECHNIQUES POINT TO THIS AS WELL. ALSO...AVN AND ETA HAVE LESS PCPN THAN TODAY OR WEDNESDAY ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS ABOUT THE SAME. TEMPS VERY DEPENDANT ON PCPN AND CLOUDS. WILL STICK CLOSE TO ETA VALUES. MRF OPERATIONAL AND PERTIBATIONS HAVE WARMED UP A BIT THIS WEEKEND. MONDAY AND TUESDAY STILL LOOK WET. .ILN...NONE. CENTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 38 min |
| May 28, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 48 min |
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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.