Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2003, 5:22 AM EDT for Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 7, 2003, 5:22 AM EDT (09:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2003, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mercer County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KILN 070923 FFWILN OHC107-071315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 522 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS REISSUED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MERCER COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 915 AM EDT... * WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MERCER COUNTY. PERIODS OF HEAVIER RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM. EXPECT ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH THESE STORMS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO NEARLY 12 INCHES THAT HAS FALLEN SINCE JULY 4...MAKING THIS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION * COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED AND BRIDGES UNDERWATER ACROSS THE COUNTY. IN ROCKFORD AND MONTEZUMA SANDBAGGING AND EVACUATIONS ARE ONGOING. * SOME STREAMS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING ARE... SAINT MARYS RIVER... WABASH RIVER... GRAND LAKE SAINT MARYS... * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE... CELINA... COLDWATER... ROCKFORD... MONTEZUMA... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO SAFELY CROSS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KILN 071015 FFSILN OHC107-071315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 615 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MERCER COUNTY UNTIL 915 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVINE SOUTHEAST TOWARD MERCER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN 630 AND 730 AM. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE 10 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN SINCE JULY 4TH. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE... CELINA... COLDWATER... FORT RECOVERY... ROCKFORD... ST. HENRY... 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. $$ TIPTON
000 WGUS71 KILN 071315 FFSILN OHC107-071545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 914 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MERCER COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...ESTIMATED RAINFALL FOR ALL OF MERCER COUNTY WAS OVER 3 INCHES. THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTY RECEIVED TWICE THIS AMOUNT...AND MUCH OF HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP NORTHWEST OF CELINA RECEIVED FROM 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS ENDED...MUCH OF THE COUNTY REMAINS UNDER WATER AND NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED. IT WILL TAKE MORE TIME FOR THIS HIGH WATER TO RECEDE...AND AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN ABOVE BANKFULL FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE ST. MARYS RIVER WILL TAKE TIME TO REACT TO THE UNUSUALLY HIGH VOLUME OF WATER AND A RIVER FLOOD WARNING WILL STAY IN EFFECT. THOUGH THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED FOR THE TIME BEING...PERSONS IN MERCER COUNTY WILL STILL EXPERIENCE HIGH WATER PROBLEMS FOR MUCH OF TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 11:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mercer | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 1:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 1:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Logan | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 3:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mercer | 118 min |
| Jul 7, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin, Logan, Shelby | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Licking | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 46 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.