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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 22, 2016Brown County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2016, 3:32 PM EDT for Brown County, Ohio. It was in force for 118 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
Jul 22, 2016, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Brown County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 4:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD4 Nne Ripley, OHOVER 1 FOOT OF WATER RUSHING OVER BEALER ROAD NEAR ROUTE 62.

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 977 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
977 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

074 
WGUS51 KILN 221932
FFWILN
OHC015-222130-
/O.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0021.160722T1932Z-160722T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
332 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.

* AT 331 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL WITH ANOTHER INCH
  POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL
  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GEORGETOWN...RIPLEY...ABERDEEN...DECATUR...RUSSELLVILLE...
  HIGGINSPORT AND REDOAK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. 

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

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 3865 8375 3870 8379 3874 8385 3876 8386
      3877 8393 3878 8394 3879 8397 3891 8395
      3891 8369 3864 8370

$$

JDR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 9:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware44 min
Jul 22, 9:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware28 min
Jul 22, 10:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClark35 min
Jul 22, 10:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFranklin31 min
Jul 22, 10:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMadison31 min
Jul 22, 10:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMontgomery26 min
Jul 22, 10:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClark, Madison3 hr
Jul 22, 10:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMadison33 min
Jul 22, 11:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFairfield, Franklin, Licking113 min
Jul 22, 11:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNClark, Madison3 hr
Jul 22, 11:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPickaway25 min
Jul 22, 11:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette36 min
Jul 22, 11:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton34 min
Jul 22, 11:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFayette, Greene, Madison2 hr
Jul 22, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton31 min
Jul 22, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette27 min
Jul 22, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton30 min
Jul 22, 12:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClinton, Fayette, Greene116 min
Jul 22, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHighland24 min
Jul 22, 1:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Clinton, Highland3 hr
Jul 22, 1:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNPike, Scioto3 hr
Jul 22, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike, Scioto54 min
Jul 22, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHighland36 min
Jul 22, 1:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNScioto3 hr
Jul 22, 2:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Highland3 hr
Jul 22, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown38 min
Jul 22, 2:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNScioto3 hr
Jul 22, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont29 min
Jul 22, 2:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams, Brown, Highland3 hr
Jul 22, 3:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown112 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.