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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Mar 19, 2012, 3:59 PM EDT for Hocking County, Ohio. It was in force for 116 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
- Mar 19, 2012, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 5:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hocking County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 4:58 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 S Rockbridge, OH | HIGH WATER AND DEBRIS ON STATE ROUTE 180. |
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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1236 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
975
WGUS51 KILN 191959
FFWILN
OHC073-192300-
/O.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0005.120319T1959Z-120319T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
359 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HOCKING COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 354 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 230 PM EDT.
* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AS
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2
INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 700 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LOGAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA...
ALONG A CREEK...STREAM OR IN AN AREA EXPERIENCING FLOODING. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.
&&
LAT...LON 3947 8227 3944 8227 3938 8230 3939 8245
3945 8253 3955 8255 3958 8250 3960 8238
3947 8226
$$2 follow-up statements
917
WGUS71 KILN 192108
FFSILN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
508 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
OHC073-192300-
/O.CON.KILN.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120319T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOCKING OH-
508 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL HOCKING COUNTY UNTIL 700
PM EDT...
AT 504 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING
AND MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO
3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 230 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THE
EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE
ENTERPRISE...HAYDENVILLE...LAKE LOGAN STATE PARK...STARR AND UNION
FURNACE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA...
ALONG A CREEK...STREAM OR IN AN AREA EXPERIENCING FLOODING. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.
&&
LAT...LON 3947 8227 3944 8227 3938 8230 3939 8245
3945 8253 3955 8255 3958 8250 3960 8238
3947 8226
$$834
WGUS71 KILN 192155
FFSILN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
555 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
OHC073-192206-
/O.CAN.KILN.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120319T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOCKING OH-
555 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HOCKING
COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
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.
LAT...LON 3947 8227 3944 8227 3938 8230 3939 8245
3945 8253 3955 8255 3958 8250 3960 8238
3947 8226
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 8:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin | 114 min |
| Mar 18, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pickaway | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Pickaway | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 11:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Greene | 54 min |
| Mar 19, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 64 min |
| Mar 19, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 3:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Hocking | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking | 61 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.