Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2016, 8:50 PM EDT for Clark County, Greene County, Madison County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr. 4 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 28, 2016, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clark County, OH, Greene County, OH, Madison County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nne Yellow Springs, OH | FLOODING ON RTE 68. 5 TO 6 INCHES DEPTH OF WATER FLOWING OVER ROAD. |
| Aug 28, 10:43 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.37 | 5 W South Charleston, OH | |
| Aug 28, 10:43 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.73 | Nw South Charleston, OH | |
| Aug 28, 10:43 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.43 | 4 Ese Springfield, OH |
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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 2016 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
041
WGUS51 KILN 290050
FFWILN
OHC023-057-097-290315-
/O.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0049.160829T0050Z-160829T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
850 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT.
* AT 850 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. 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...
SPRINGFIELD...FAIRBORN...XENIA...YELLOW SPRINGS...
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB...CEDARVILLE...ENON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...
WILBERFORCE...HARMONY...LISBON...SOUTH SOLON...DONNELSVILLE...
CLIFTON...PLATTSBURG...GLADSTONE...SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
HOLIDAY VALLEY...CRYSTAL LAKES AND OLDTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3988 8351 3979 8354 3975 8359 3971 8366
3970 8396 3988 8405 3993 8396 3993 8368
$$
AR1 follow-up statement
707
WGUS71 KILN 290309
FFSILN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1109 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
OHC023-057-097-290318-
/O.EXP.KILN.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160829T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLARK OH-GREENE OH-MADISON OH-
1109 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CLARK...NORTHEASTERN GREENE
AND SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM EDT...
FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN AND ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMITTING YOUR REPORT
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
LAT...LON 3988 8351 3979 8354 3975 8359 3971 8366
3970 8396 3988 8405 3993 8396 3993 8368
$$
JDRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Greene, Miami, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin, Logan, Union | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 8:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Madison | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Preble | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 2 hr |
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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.