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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 26, 201532 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood watch at Jun 26, 2015, 3:20 AM EDT for 32 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jun 26, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2015, 3:20 AM EDT (07:20 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 26, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 27, 2015, 4:12 AM EDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Flood severity: None

All 52 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 22 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: 193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jun 26, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:06 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize	48 min
Jun 25, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Shelby	47 min
Jun 25, 10:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Shelby	24 min
Jun 25, 10:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Shelby	32 min
Jun 26, 12:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Montgomery, Preble	3 hr
Jun 26, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Warren	24 min
Jun 26, 2:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Clinton, Greene, Montgomery, Preble, Warren	3 hr
Jun 26, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	36 min
Jun 26, 2:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Butler, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Montgomery, Preble and 1 more	5 hr
Jun 26, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Highland	43 min
Jun 26, 3:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 26, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Highland	31 min
Jun 26, 3:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Ross	3 hr
Jun 26, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland, Pike, Ross	37 min
Jun 26, 3:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 26, 3:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland, Pike, Scioto	35 min
Jun 26, 4:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Logan and 4 more	3 hr
Jun 26, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Ross, Scioto	45 min
Jun 26, 4:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	46 min
Jun 26, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Madison, Pickaway, Pike and 1 more	6 hr
Jun 26, 4:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking	3 hr
Jun 26, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	28 min
Jun 26, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	34 min
Jun 26, 7:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway, Ross	3 hr
Jun 26, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	46 min
Jun 26, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	45 min
Jun 26, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown	34 min
Jun 26, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	41 min
Jun 26, 6:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen	3 hr
Jun 26, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen, Pendleton	48 min
Jun 26, 7:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Bracken, Grant, Pendleton	3 hr
Jun 26, 7:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	9 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2015 Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2015 Flash Flood Watches in Indiana, 2015 Every flash flood watch in 2015

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.