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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 2, 2016Butler County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2016, 2:19 PM EDT for Butler County, Ohio. It was in force for 116 min. 3 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
Jun 2, 2016, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Butler County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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
Jun 2, 2:21 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Wnw Hamilton, OHSTREET FLOODING ALONG WESTERN AVENUE AND SEVERAL OTHER ROADWAYS IN THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD OF HAMILTON. WATER AS DEEP AS 3 FEET IN SOME LOCATIONS.
Jun 2, 2:45 PM EDTFLASH FLOODHamilton, OHFLOODING SEVERAL FEET DEEP AT SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS IN HAMILTON INCLUDING MAIN AND LAW, FRANKLIN AND EDGEWOOD, AND EATON AND RHEA.
Jun 2, 2:45 PM EDTFLASH FLOODHamilton, OHSEVERAL INCHES OF WATER IN MAIN FLOOR OF BUSINESS IN THE 1400 BLOCK OF WESTERN AVENUE.

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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2016-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

965 
WGUS51 KILN 021819
FFWILN
OHC017-022015-
/O.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0004.160602T1819Z-160602T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
219 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.

* AT 217 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT A NEARLY STATIONARY
  THUNDERSTORM HAD PRODUCED 2 TO IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE
  1 PM. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES
  POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING TO OCCUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HAMILTON...NEW MIAMI AND MILLVILLE. 

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 3945 8450 3937 8448 3937 8465 3945 8466

$$

AR
2 follow-up statements
516 
WGUS71 KILN 021904
FFSILN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
304 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

OHC017-022015-
/O.CON.KILN.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160602T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUTLER OH-
304 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 301 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD SLOWLY MOVED
NORTHWEST OF THE AREA THAT HAS RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN THE
LAST HOUR.  HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING IS CONTINUING SINCE RADAR HAS
ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN AN AREA
NORTHWEST OF HAMILTION AND NORTHEAST OF MILLVILLE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAMILTON...NEW MIAMI AND MILLVILLE. 

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 3945 8450 3937 8448 3937 8465 3945 8466

$$

HICKMAN
655 
WGUS71 KILN 021956
FFSILN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
356 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

OHC017-022005-
/O.CAN.KILN.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160602T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUTLER OH-
356 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT
TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.

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 3945 8450 3937 8448 3937 8465 3945 8466

$$

HICKMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton23 min
Jun 1, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton35 min
Jun 1, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams31 min
Jun 2, 2:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler2 hr
Jun 2, 2:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNScioto116 min
Jun 2, 3:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchILNAdams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton and 5 more5 hr
Jun 2, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont25 min
Jun 2, 7:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown2 hr
Jun 2, 7:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAdams, Brown116 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.