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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2002, 3:18 PM EST for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 57 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
- May 28, 2002, 3:18 PM EST (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2002, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ripley County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 282019 FFWILN INC137-282215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 318 PM EST TUE MAY 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA... * UNTIL 515 PM EST... * WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWEST RIPLEY COUNTY NEAR NAPOLEON. RADAR INDICATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THIS AREA BETWEEN 2 PM AND 3 PM EST. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA THROUGH 4 PM EST. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE... BATESVILLE... OSGOOD... 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. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KILN 282126 FFSILN INC137-282215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 425 PM EST TUE MAY 28 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RIPLEY COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM EST... AT 425 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF OVER 3 INCHES SINCE 3 PM IN SOUTHWEST RIPLEY COUNTY...MAINLY SOUTH OF HOLTON. THIS RAIN WILL PRODUCE RAPID RISES ALONG AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS... INCLUDING GRAHAM AND LITTLE GRAHAM CREEKS. THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...WATER LEVELS MAY REMAIN HIGH DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. 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, 2:41 PM EST, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:41 PM EST, 37 minutes 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, 3:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Ripley | 116 min |
| May 28, 5:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley | 55 min |
| May 28, 5:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley | 113 min |
Nearby
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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.