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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 14, 2006Auglaize County, Mercer County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Apr 14, 2006, 10:27 PM EDT for Auglaize County, Mercer 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
Apr 14, 2006, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2006, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Auglaize County, OH, Mercer County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 967 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
967 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
432 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.3

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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 Apr 14, 7:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 7:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
754 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

.AVIATION /00Z-24Z/...
TOR WATCH TO BEGIN OVER ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 06Z...WITH CURRENT
THINKING OF CONVECTIVE TRENDS TO TAKE DEEPEST CONVECTION OVER
ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TAF SITES. WHILE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AREA WIDE...BEST CHANCE FOR WINDS
GREATER THAN 50 KTS AND HAIL WILL BE IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN TAF
SITES THROUGH 04Z. AFTER ABOUT 06-07Z...EXPECT CHAIN OF CONVECTIVE
COMPLEXES TO WEAKEN AND HEAD SOUTH AND EAST OF AREA...AS FRONTAL
SYSTEM PUSHES INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND WILL STALL OUT NEAR CVG.
AFTER A BREAK IN CONVECTION FROM ABOUT 10Z-20Z...NSW WITH WINDS
LESS THAN 10KTS AND HIGH CIGS...POTENTIAL EXISTS AGAIN FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO FIRE AGAIN MAINLY IN SOUTHERN TAF SITES TOWARD
THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD SATRUDAY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED 300 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006/

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
ACTIVE SHORT TERM BEGINS WITH AREA UNDER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
#184. STRONG SHORT WAVE IN NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW IS INTERACTING WITH
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE CONVECTION. CURRENT
AREAS OF CONCERN ARE WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY WHERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED.

MODELS ARE OVERESTIMATING CAPE BY ABOUT 1000 J/KG WITH RESPECT TO
ILN 18Z SOUNDING. CIRRUS SHIELD FROM INDIANA CONVECTION IS LIMITING
INSTABILITY...BUT UPPER DYNAMICS APPEAR STRONG ENOUGH FOR A FEW
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR. CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE LATE TONIGHT WHEN A FRONT DROPS SOUTH AND STALLS NEAR
THE OHIO RIVER.

AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRIER WEATHER EARLY SATURDAY...FRONT WILL
REACTIVATE AS IT BEGINS TO LIFT BACK NORTH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF I-70. WHOLE AREA WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT CONTINUES NORTH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT IN INCREASING
SURFACE CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE. ACTIVITY MAY
LINGER INTO MONDAY AS THE LOW CONTINUES SOUTHEAST.

MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO PREVIOUS TEMPERATURE FORECAST. ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE SHORT TERM.

LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
WILL START OUT WITH LOW PRESSURE PASSING JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION ON
MONDAY BUT PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR TUESDAY. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY
APPROACH THE AREA IN MIDWEEK WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM
WILL GRADUALLY PUSH OFF TO THE EAST ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED 139 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006/

AVIATION /18Z-18Z/...
AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE
EAST ACROSS INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL MOVE INTO THE
WESTERN SITES AROUND 19-20Z. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR BRIEF MVFR
CONDITIONS. SOME TSRA ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS WELL...BUT HAVE
STUCK WITH VCTS DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF BOUNDARY LOCATION AND TIMING.
FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS TO LAY OUT JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70
SATURDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR WNW WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN SITES
TOMORROW AND SSW WINDS AT SOUTHERN SITES.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 6:03 AM EDT, 16 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
603 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-151015-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-
CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
603 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WILL GIVE WAY TO CLEARING
SKIES...WHICH WILL ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME UNSTABLE
QUICKLY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FIRE IN THIS UNSTABLE AIR MASS
ALONG A QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THIS REASON
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED AN SLIGHT RISK FOR THE
WHOLE DAY.

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

 TIPTON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 6:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
601 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

OHZ056-065-142230-
FAIRFIELD OH-LICKING OH-
601 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LICKING AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES
THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR KIRKERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM
INCLUDE...HEBRON...BUCKEYE LAKE...GRANVILLE...HEATH...NEWARK...ST.
LOUISVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...FALLSBURG AND HANOVER.

THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH
MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO
PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AND AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOME
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
634 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N DELAWARE            40.34N 83.08W
04/14/2006                   DELAWARE           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWRE LINES DOWN

&&

BC
Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:22 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:25 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1025 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0739 PM     HAIL             6 NE EATON              39.81N 84.55W
04/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       PREBLE             OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

TIPTON
Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:26 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1026 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0901 PM     HAIL             NEW LEBANON             39.74N 84.40W
04/14/2006  E0.75 INCH       MONTGOMERY         OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

TIPTON
Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:26 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME OF EVENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1026 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0801 PM     HAIL             NEW LEBANON             39.74N 84.40W
04/14/2006  E0.75 INCH       MONTGOMERY         OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

TIPTON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene, Montgomery48 min
Apr 14, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren24 min
Apr 14, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Warren47 min
Apr 14, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Montgomery, Warren23 min
Apr 14, 9:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton47 min
Apr 14, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer42 min
Apr 14, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Shelby45 min
Apr 15, 1:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNShelby118 min
Apr 14, 11:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone41 min
Apr 15, 12:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNKenton24 min
Apr 14, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin46 min
Apr 14, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn, Ripley55 min
Apr 14, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin46 min
Apr 14, 9:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin47 min
Apr 14, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Union43 min
Apr 14, 11:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Ripley52 min
Apr 14, 11:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNRipley113 min
Apr 14, 11:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn38 min
Apr 15, 12:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin49 min
Apr 15, 12:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette29 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.