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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 14, 2010Auglaize County, Darke County, Mercer County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2010, 9:47 PM EDT for Auglaize County, Darke County, Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 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: Jun 14, 2010, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2010, 12:45 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.9

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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 Jun 14, 7:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 7:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:13 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
522 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

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

0518 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ARCANUM                 39.99N 84.55W
06/14/2010  E0.00 INCH       DARKE              OH   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            6 INCHES OF RAIN COVERING THE MULTIPLE STREETS IN
            ARCANUM.

&&

MIKEG

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:27 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
527 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

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

0518 PM     FLOOD            ARCANUM                 39.99N 84.55W
06/14/2010                   DARKE              OH   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            6 INCHES OF RAIN COVERING THE MULTIPLE STREETS IN
            ARCANUM.

&&

MIKEG

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:43 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
543 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

OHZ051-053-061-062-142215-
GREENE OH-CLARK OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH-
543 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...
SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI...WESTERN CLARK AND NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES
THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

AT 538 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ENGLEWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL OF ONE
HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IN ENGLEWOOD.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...VANDALIA...
NORTHRIDGE...DAYTON...HUBER HEIGHTS...WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB...
FAIRBORN...ENON AND BEAVERCREEK.

ALSO...FORT MCKINLEY...GINGHAMSBURG...SHILOH...PHONETON...BRANDT...
RIVERSIDE...OVERLOOK-PAGE MANOR AND PARK LAYNE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. WATER WILL
POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3989 8387 3968 8397 3984 8438 3997 8430

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
623 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

KYZ098-099-142330-
MASON KY-ROBERTSON KY-
623 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ROBERTSON AND SOUTHWESTERN MASON
COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...

AT 620 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
KENTONTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF ROBERTSON
AND SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES...INCLUDING MOUNT OLIVET...PIQUA...
MITCHELLS MILL...BURIKA...SARDIS...ALHAMBRA...PEED AND MAYS LICK.

DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. WATER WILL
POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.

LAT...LON 3845 8410 3847 8415 3848 8418 3850 8419
      3853 8418 3855 8379 3848 8380 3846 8387
      3849 8394 3845 8398 3844 8397 3843 8398

Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
721 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

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

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N BLOOMINGBURG        39.67N 83.40W
06/14/2010                   FAYETTE            OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE AND POWER POLES DOWN

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	53 min
Jun 14, 9:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Mercer, Miami, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 14, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	46 min
Jun 14, 10:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Montgomery, Preble	45 min
Jun 14, 10:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Darke, Logan, Miami, Shelby	57 min
Jun 14, 10:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Shelby	51 min
Jun 14, 10:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Hamilton, Preble	2 hr
Jun 14, 10:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Hardin, Logan, Miami, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 14, 10:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Hamilton	26 min
Jun 14, 10:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton, Warren	38 min
Jun 14, 10:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Miami, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 14, 10:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Highland	44 min
Jun 14, 10:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene, Montgomery	38 min
Jun 14, 10:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Greene, Hamilton and 3 more	2 hr
Jun 14, 11:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Logan, Madison, Union	61 min
Jun 14, 11:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette and 5 more	55 min
Jun 14, 11:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Franklin, Greene, Logan and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 15, 12:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking, Pickaway, Pike, Ross	64 min
Jun 15, 12:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway, Union	63 min
Jun 15, 12:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer	3 hr
Jun 15, 1:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Miami, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Hardin, Logan	3 hr
Jun 15, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Owen	49 min
Jun 15, 7:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	108 min
Jun 15, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone	67 min
Jun 15, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton	48 min
Jun 15, 7:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton	2 hr
Jun 14, 8:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	50 min
Jun 14, 9:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	3 hr
Jun 14, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union, Wayne	61 min
Jun 14, 9:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 14, 9:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Ohio, Switzerland	2 hr
Jun 15, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley	49 min
Jun 15, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	43 min
Jun 15, 7:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	112 min
Jun 15, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	66 min
Jun 15, 7:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Ripley	28 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.