Alert archive / Ohio / Areal Flood Warnings in 2012
Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this areal flood warning at Jan 26, 2012, 10:14 PM EST for 10 counties in Ohio; Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 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
- Jan 26, 2012, 10:14 PM EST (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2012, 4:15 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Darke County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Logan County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Shelby County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 353 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
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Jan 26, 10:08 PM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 10:08 PM EST, 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 7:12 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 712 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>054-060>062-280015- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE- SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-PREBLE- MONTGOMERY-GREENE- 712 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION BEHIND A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ055-056-063>065-070>074-077>082-088- 280015- RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON- CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS- FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN- CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE- SCIOTO- 712 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 4:41 PM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 441 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-KYZ091>093-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>063-070>072-077-078-270200- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-BOONE- KENTON-CAMPBELL-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN- UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH- LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON- HAMILTON-CLERMONT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN... BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...KENTON...CELINA... WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE... DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS... NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE... HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CINCINNATI...MILFORD 441 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...PATCHY DENSE FOG TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 71. THE LOWEST VISIBILITIES WILL BE LOCATED IN THE WHITEWATER VALLEY OF INDIANA AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE MILE WILL BE COMMON...WITH LOCALIZED PATCHES OF DENSE FOG DROPPING THE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. AS WINDS INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...VISIBILITIES SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS EVENING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. REMEMBER TO USE YOUR LOW BEAM LIGHTS WHEN DRIVING THROUGH DENSE FOG.
Local storm report, Jan 26, 10:14 PM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1014 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1005 PM HEAVY RAIN LIBERTY TOWNSHIP 39.40N 84.41W
01/26/2012 M1.53 INCH BUTLER OH PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL SO FAR.
1009 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSE BEAVERCREEK 39.69N 84.04W
01/26/2012 M1.36 INCH GREENE OH PUBLIC
1.36 STORM TOTAL. 0.23 IN PAST HOUR.
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SNYDERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 7:07 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jan 26, 8:19 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Hardin, Logan and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 26, 8:33 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 32 hr |
| Jan 26, 8:50 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 3 days |
| Jan 26, 9:21 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jan 26, 10:27 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike, Scioto | 6 hr |
| Jan 26, 10:33 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Licking and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:22 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Warren | 27 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:56 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | ILN | Delaware, Franklin | 5 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:00 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 3 days |
| Jan 27, 3:19 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | ILN | Licking | 7 hr |
| Jan 27, 6:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Hocking | 22 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2012Areal Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2012Every areal flood warning in 2012
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.