Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2007, 11:58 AM EDT for Pike County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2007, 11:58 AM EDT (15:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2007, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- Unknown
County Pike County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KILN 131559
FFWILN
OHC131-131630-
/T.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0009.070913T1558Z-070913T1630Z/
/00000.U.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TEST...FLASH FLOOD WARNING...TEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1158 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2007
...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT.
* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. AT 1156 AM EDT...AN ICE JAM ON TEST RIVER
HAS
BROKEN CAUSING FLASH FLOODING DOWNSTREAM.
* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...PIKETON.
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. 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.
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS MESSAGE.
LAT...LON 3913 8319 3911 8282 3898 8299 3899 8323
3901 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 180DEG 0KT 3906 8325
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS71 KILN 131602
FFSILN
TEST...FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1201 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007
...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY...
OHC131-131611-
/T.CAN.KILN.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070913T1630Z/
/00000.U.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE OH-
1201 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007
...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PIKE COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE
RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF
FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS MESSAGE.
LAT...LON 3913 8319 3911 8282 3898 8299 3899 8323
3901 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 1601Z 180DEG 0KT 3906 8325
$$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 Sep 13, 11:31 AM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 11:31 AM EDT, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1131 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST BY THIS EVENING. AN AMPLIFYING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY...SENDING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... RETREATING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NY TO CONTINUE SLIDING EAST MOVING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST BY THIS EVENING. IN DRY AIRMASS EXPECT ONLY SCATTERED CIRRUS CLOUDS MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTH. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS GOOD...HAVE ONLY TWEAKED UP TEMPS AND SFC DEWPOINTS SLIGHTLY IN A FEW LOCATIONS. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY/... AN AMPLIFYING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE ACRS THE GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SFC COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL MOVE ACRS OUR REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED WITH THIS FRONT...AND THE BETTER UPPER LEVEL LIFT/DYNAMICS WILL ALSO REMAIN NORTH OF THE REGION. THE DIGGING UPPER LEVEL TROF IS ALSO EXPECTED TO KEEP THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE HUMBERTO TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CWFA. WILL THEREFORE MAINTAIN LOW CHANCE POPS ACRS THE FCST AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COLD FRONT. THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT WILL BE MARGINAL AT BEST. HOWEVER...SINCE THUNDER HAS ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED FROM PREVIOUS FCSTS...DID NOT WANT TO REMOVE IT AT THIS JUNCTURE. DAYSHIFT AND/OR NEXT NIGHT SHIFT CAN TAKE A CLOSER LOOK TO SEE IF THUNDER MAY NEED TO BE REMOVED. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO UPPER 50S. HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL BE A LITTLE TRICKY GIVEN VARYING AMOUNTS OF CLOUD COVER. WILL FCST HIGHS FROM THE MID 70S NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER 80S ELSEWHERE. SFC HIGH PRESSURE IS FCST TO BUILD INTO THE REGION FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. THIS HIGH WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH COOL AIR ALOFT. HAVE LOWERED TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT AS SFC CAA LOOKS TO BE SIGNIFICANT. HAVE ALSO LOWERED HIGHS ON SATURDAY AS 850 MB TEMPS ARE FCST TO RANGE BETWEEN 3 C TO 5 C...WHICH RESULTS IN HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. 12Z OPERATIONAL NAM IS VERY AGGRESSIVE ON RETURN FLOW SATURDAY NIGHT COMPARED TO THE 12Z OPERATIONAL GFS. AS A RESULT...IT BREAKS PCPN OUT ACRS ILLINOIS AND INDIANA WHILE THE GFS DEVELOPS MAINLY MID AND HIGH LVL CLOUDINESS. WILL MAINTAIN DRY FORECAST SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BUT WILL BRING IN MORE CLOUD COVER TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO MODERATE INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S BY SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MID LEVEL RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BUILD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER OHIO VALLEY THROUGH MID WEEK. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO DRY CONDITIONS AND A GRADUAL WARM UP IN TEMPS THROUGH THE END OF LONG TERM PERIOD. && .AVIATION /15Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... CIRRUS SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE THE ONLY CLOUDS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. LIGHT EAST NORTHEAST WINDS WILL VEER TO SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING AND THEN COME OUT OF THE SOUTH TONIGHT. SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 10 KT. SOME GROUND FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE AT KLUK OVERNIGHT. OUTLOOK...NO SIG WX EXPECTED. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HICKMAN NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM...HICKMAN LONG TERM... AVIATION...
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 5:01 AM EDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 501 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-140915- 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- 501 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 10:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pike | 33 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.