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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 17, 2016Adams County, Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2016, 12:57 PM EDT for Adams County, Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 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: Aug 17, 2016, 12:57 PM EDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Adams County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 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
Aug 17, 2:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 S Belfast, OH	WATER UP TO HOUSES AND OVER BANKS OF SMALL STREAM.
Aug 17, 2:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Sw Peebles, OH	HIGH WATER RUSHING OVER LAWSHE ROAD NEAR ROUTE 41.

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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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: 138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

242 
WGUS51 KILN 171657
FFWILN
OHC001-131-145-171900-
/O.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0035.160817T1657Z-160817T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1257 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...
  WESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...
  NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.

* AT 1255 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM THE
  SOUTHERN HIGHLAND COUNTY HEAVY RAIN ALSO EXPECTED TO DRAIN INTO
  NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL
  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WAVERLY CITY...PEEBLES...WINCHESTER...SEAMAN...KINCAID SPRINGS...
  CYNTHIANA...PIKE LAKE...EMERALD...CHERRY FORK...SINKING SPRING...
  IDAHO...LOCUST GROVE...BUCHANAN...DUNKINSVILLE...
  POPLAR GROVE AND CEDAR MILLS.

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 3901 8367 3906 8339 3920 8335 3918 8297
      3902 8304 3895 8327 3882 8327 3882 8369

$$

JDR

1 follow-up statement

465 
WGUS71 KILN 171855
FFSILN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
255 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

OHC001-131-145-171904-
/O.EXP.KILN.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160817T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCIOTO OH-PIKE OH-ADAMS OH-
255 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SCIOTO...WESTERN PIKE AND
NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM EDT...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEDE AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...BUT LINGERING HIGH WATER DOES REMAIN
OVER ESPECIALLY NORTHERN ADAMS AND FAR WESTERN PIKE COUNTIES.

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 3901 8367 3906 8339 3920 8335 3918 8297
      3902 8304 3895 8327 3882 8327 3882 8369

$$

JDR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 8:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hardin, Logan, Union	2 hr
Aug 17, 9:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hamilton	3 hr
Aug 17, 9:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren	3 hr
Aug 17, 9:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	3 hr
Aug 17, 9:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Warren	115 min
Aug 17, 10:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont	119 min
Aug 17, 11:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Highland	3 hr
Aug 17, 11:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Highland	5 hr
Aug 17, 11:16 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland	29 min
Aug 17, 11:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland	36 min
Aug 17, 11:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Highland	30 min
Aug 17, 11:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Highland	4 hr
Aug 17, 11:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton	92 min
Aug 17, 12:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland, Pike	42 min
Aug 17, 12:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	35 min
Aug 17, 12:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	37 min
Aug 17, 12:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike	50 min
Aug 17, 12:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Pike	2 hr
Aug 17, 12:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	37 min
Aug 17, 12:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	31 min
Aug 17, 1:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	55 min
Aug 17, 1:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont	116 min
Aug 17, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	31 min
Aug 17, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	34 min
Aug 17, 2:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Pike	96 min
Aug 17, 3:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Scioto	117 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.