Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2013, 10:35 PM EDT for Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky; Hamilton County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. 10 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
- Jul 1, 2013, 10:35 PM EDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2013, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Campbell County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Hamilton County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Delhi Township, OH | A CREEK WAS REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODING PORTIONS OF THE TOWNSHIP. |
| Jul 1, 11:06 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cincinnati, OH | DRAINAGE DITCHES WERE OVERFLOWING INTO STREETS IN THE CITY. |
| Jul 1, 11:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nne Downtown Cincinna, OH | WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS IN MT. AUBURN. |
| Jul 1, 11:26 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Cold Spring, KY | BASEMENTS WERE FLOODED IN COVINGTON AND PARK HILLS. |
| Jul 1, 11:36 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Nw Cold Spring, KY | MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN THE COVINGTON AREA INCLUDING ALONG 12TH STREET. |
| Jul 1, 11:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Newport, KY | ROADS CLOSED FROM 11TH AND MONMOUTH TO 18TH AND MONMOUTH |
| Jul 2, 12:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.95 | 5 Nnw Covington, OH | MEASURED RAINFALL AT SITE MICO1 BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. |
| Jul 2, 12:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.27 | 4 Nnw Covington, KY | MEASURED RAIN AT SITE LUDK2 NEAR LUDLOW...BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. |
| Jul 2, 12:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.13 | 2 Sse Downtown Cincinna, KY | MEASURED DAILY TOTAL OF 3.13 INCHES FOR JULY 1. 2.11 INCHES FELL BETWEEN 1045 PM AND 1145 PM. RELAYED VIA BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Jul 2, 12:35 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ne Downtown Cincinnat, OH | A MUD SLIDE HAS CLOSED PART OF COLUMBIA PARKWAY NEAR KEMPER LANE. |
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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 1071 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
394 WGUS51 KILN 020235 FFWILN KYC037-117-OHC061-020530- /O.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0013.130702T0235Z-130702T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1035 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY... EXTREME NORTHERN KENTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY... SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 130 AM EDT. * AT 1030 PM EDT...OVER 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BELLEVUE... CHEVIOT...COVINGTON...DAYTON...DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI...LUDLOW... NEWPORT...PARK HILLS...DELHI TOWNSHIP AND UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3911 8469 3922 8465 3911 8445 3904 8453 $$ ASL
2 follow-up statements
931 WGUS71 KILN 020425 FFSILN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1225 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 KYC037-117-OHC061-020530- /O.CON.KILN.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130702T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KENTON KY-CAMPBELL KY-HAMILTON OH- 1225 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN HAMILTON...EXTREME NORTHERN CAMPBELL AND EXTREME NORTHERN KENTON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM EDT... AT 1222 AM EDT...ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE AREA...FLASH FLOODING FROM RUNOFF CONTINUES TO OCCUR IN DELHI TOWNSHIP...NEWPORT...AND MOUNT AUBURN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BELLEVUE... CHEVIOT...COVINGTON...DAYTON...DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI...FORT WRIGHT... LUDLOW...NEWPORT...PARK HILLS...DELHI TOWNSHIP AND UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI. OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE FLOODING MAY OCCUR INCLUDE...BRIDGETOWN... COVEDALE...KENTON VALE AND MACK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3911 8469 3922 8465 3911 8445 3904 8453 $$ ASL
827 WGUS71 KILN 020528 FFSILN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 128 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 KYC037-117-OHC061-020538- /O.EXP.KILN.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130702T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KENTON KY-CAMPBELL KY-HAMILTON OH- 128 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HAMILTON...EXTREME NORTHERN CAMPBELL AND EXTREME NORTHERN KENTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM EDT... MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A FLOOD ADVISORY. PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMITTING YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. LAT...LON 3911 8469 3922 8465 3911 8445 3904 8453 $$ HATZOS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Grant | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 8:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Grant | 119 min |
| Jul 1, 10:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Campbell | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Campbell | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 5 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.