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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Apr 15, 2006, 1:17 AM EDT for Shelby County, Ohio. It was in force for 118 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 15, 2006, 1:17 AM EDT (05:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2006, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Shelby County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1:52 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Anna, OH | SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED |
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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KILN 150519 FFWILN OHC149-150715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 117 AM EDT SAT APR 15 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO * UNTIL 315 AM EDT * AT 114 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY SINCE 10 PM. * HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 1.5 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 AM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ANNA...FORT LORAMIE AND JACKSON CENTER. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH ON THE THE ROAD. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 4046 8432 4035 8441 4026 8401 4045 8402 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KILN 150607 FFSILN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 206 AM EDT SAT APR 15 2006 OHC149-150715- SHELBY OH- 206 AM EDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM EDT... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE TO OCCUR. AT 155 AM EDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED HIGH WATER ON ROADS IN ANNA. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ANNA...FORT LORAMIE...JACKSON CENTER...KETTLERSVILLE...LAKE LORAMIE STATE PARK... MAPLEWOOD...MCCARTYVILLE AND MONTRA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IF VISIBILITY IS RESTRICTED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN WILMINGTON. LAT...LON 4046 8432 4035 8441 4026 8401 4045 8402 $$ RYAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Warren | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Shelby | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 10:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.