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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2007, 9:12 PM EDT for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr. 3 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
- Aug 8, 2007, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2007, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Ripley County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 10:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Holton, IN | FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING BETWEEN NEW MARION. NUMEROUS ROADS WITH HIGH WATER WITH AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE STRANDED. |
| Aug 8, 10:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ese Holton, IN | BRIDGE WASHED OUT NEAR REXVILLE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 850 JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 421. SEVERAL CARS HAD BEEN STRANDED IN HIGH WATER. |
| Aug 8, 10:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 8 Ese Holton, IN | BRIDGE WASHED OUT NEAR REXVILLE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 850 JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 421. SEVERAL CARS HAD BEEN STRANDED IN 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1884 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KILN 090116 FFWILN INC137-090315- /X.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0002.070809T0112Z-070809T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 912 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA... * UNTIL 1115 PM EDT. * AT 908 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN RIPLEY COUNTY. SINCE 730 PM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM AROUND NEW MARION TO OLEAN. * HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH 10 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEW MARION...REXVILLE...BENHAM AND CROSS PLAINS. 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. LAT...LON 3909 8544 3892 8545 3893 8515 3903 8511 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KILN 090249 FFSILN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1046 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 INC137-090315- /X.CON.KILN.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070809T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RIPLEY IN- 1046 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RIPLEY COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM EDT... AT 1045 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN SOUTHWEST RIPLEY COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS HAD HIGH WATER...WITH AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE STRANDED NEAR REXVILLE AND NEW MARION. WHILE RAIN HAS HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA....RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEW MARION...OLEAN AND REXVILLE. IN ADDITION...PLACES ALONG THE FOLLOWING STREAMS MAY BE AFFECTED...GRAHAM CREEK...LITTLE GRAHAM CREEK AND BIG CREEK. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IF VISIBILITY IS RESTRICTED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. LAT...LON 3909 8544 3892 8545 3893 8515 3903 8511 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Dearborn, Ripley | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 11:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Ripley | 115 min |
| Aug 9, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Wayne | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.