Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2004, 9:34 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Preble County, Ohio; Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2004, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2004, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Wayne County, IN, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 10:00 PM EDT | FLOOD | Dayton, OH | HIGH WATER REPORTED ON ROADS COUNTYWIDE |
| May 27, 10:21 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Richmond, IN | BOUNDARY RD. CLOSED. |
| May 27, 10:21 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Trotwood, OH | HIGH WATER OVER ROADS COUNTY WIDE. 5 PEOPLE EVACUATED IN TROTWOOD. |
| May 27, 10:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fountain City, IN | BOUNDRY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
| May 27, 10:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Riverside, OH | HIGH WATER REPORTED IN THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AND CLAY...HARRISON AND BUTLER TOWNSHIPS. |
| May 27, 10:37 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eaton, OH | HIGH WATER ON COUPLE OF ROADS NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. |
| May 27, 10:42 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eaton, OH | HIGH WATER ON COUPLE OF ROADS NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. |
| May 27, 10:42 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Riverside, OH | HIGH WATER REPORTED IN THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AND BUTLER...CLAY AND HARRISON TOWNSHIPS. |
| May 27, 10:42 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | West Manchester, OH | COUPLE OF ROADS COVERED WITH HIGH WATER. |
| May 27, 11:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fountain City, IN | BOUNDRY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KILN 280138 FFWILN INC177-OHC113-135-280430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 934 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WAYNE COUNTY IN INDIANA MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN OHIO PREBLE COUNTY IN OHIO * UNTIL 1230 AM EDT(1130 PM EST) * WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WAYNE...PREBLE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS SINCE 6 PM EDT (5 PM EST). SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...RESULTING IN UP TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT (11 PM EST). 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 4002 8522 3974 8518 3963 8409 3989 8410 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 59 min |
| May 27, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 54 min |
| May 27, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 52 min |
| May 27, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike | 64 min |
| May 27, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 56 min |
| May 27, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 51 min |
| May 27, 8:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pike | 114 min |
| May 27, 8:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke | 118 min |
| May 27, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 26 min |
| May 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 2 hr |
| May 27, 9:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Highland | 111 min |
| May 27, 10:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pike | 3 hr |
| May 27, 10:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke | 2 hr |
| May 27, 10:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 4 hr |
| May 27, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 42 min |
| May 27, 8:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 50 min |
| May 27, 10:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 2 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.