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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2003, 12:48 PM EDT for Brown County, Ohio. It was in force for 117 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 10, 2003, 12:48 PM EDT (16:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2003, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KILN 101652 FFWILN OHC015-101845- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1248 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BROWN COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 245 PM EDT... * AT 1248 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED COUNTY WIDE DANGEROUS STREET FLOODING. SOME PLACES HAVE HAD UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND WORSEN ANY EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE... GEORGETOWN... MOUNT ORAB... SARDINIA... 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 101849 FFSILN OHC015-101945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 248 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BROWN COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN BROWN COUNTY. WHILE WATER REMAINS HIGH ACROSS SOME ROADWAYS...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW WATER TO RECEDE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ISSUED FOR BROWN COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 4:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 33 min |
| May 10, 6:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 23 min |
| May 10, 9:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| May 10, 9:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pike | 2 hr |
| May 10, 9:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Highland | 3 hr |
| May 10, 10:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 3 hr |
| May 10, 12:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 44 min |
| May 10, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 59 min |
| May 10, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 58 min |
| May 10, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 50 min |
| May 10, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 67 min |
| May 10, 1:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 2 hr |
| May 10, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 54 min |
| May 10, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 61 min |
| May 10, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 63 min |
| May 10, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 67 min |
| May 10, 3:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland | 2 hr |
| May 10, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 42 min |
| May 10, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 3 hr |
| May 10, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 40 min |
| May 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 52 min |
| May 10, 5:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 24 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.