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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 6, 2022Hocking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2022, 5:07 AM EDT for Hocking County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2022, 5:07 AM EDT (09:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2022, 8:02 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Hocking County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 1808 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1121 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 11.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at Jul 6, 4:20 AM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 4:20 AM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:03 AM EDT, 4 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
503 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 2022

INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-073-074-070915-
Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan-
Union OH-Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Franklin OH-Licking-
Preble-Montgomery-Greene-Fayette OH-Pickaway-Fairfield-Ross-Hocking-
503 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 2022

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for East Central Indiana, Central
Ohio, South Central Ohio and West Central Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

Several rounds of storms will affect the area, this morning and then
again this afternoon into tonight. The possibility of strong to
damaging winds exists with a few of the stronger updrafts this
morning, with a better chance for severe weather this afternoon into
this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Another round of thunderstorms will move through the area Friday and
Friday night. Heavy rain and flooding will be possible with these
storms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

OHZ072-080-082-070915-
Clinton-Highland-Pike-
503 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South Central Ohio and
Southwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Several rounds of storms will affect the area, this morning and then
again this afternoon into tonight. The possibility of strong to
damaging winds exists with a few of the stronger updrafts this
morning, with a better chance for severe weather this afternoon into
this evening. Also, heavy rain may result in localized flooding with
the repeated rounds of storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Another round of thunderstorms will move through the area Friday and
Friday night. Heavy rain and flooding will be possible with these
storms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ070-071-077>079-081-088-070915-
Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-
Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-
Butler-Warren-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Adams-Scioto-
503 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 2022

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Southeast Indiana, Northeast
Kentucky, Northern Kentucky, South Central Ohio and Southwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

Storms will affect the area, this morning and then again this
afternoon into tonight. The possibility of strong to damaging winds
exists with a few of the stronger updrafts this afternoon into this
evening. Also, heavy rain may result in localized flooding with the
repeated rounds of storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Another round of thunderstorms will move through the area Friday and
Friday night. Heavy rain and flooding will be possible with these
storms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 2:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:20 AM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:28 AM EDT, 39 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
Jul 5, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	33 min
Jul 5, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	39 min
Jul 5, 10:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	39 min
Jul 5, 11:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware, Union	27 min
Jul 5, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	43 min
Jul 6, 12:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Licking	29 min
Jul 6, 12:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Licking	32 min
Jul 6, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield	23 min
Jul 6, 12:42 AM EDT	Flood Watch	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield and 16 more	15 hr
Jul 6, 12:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	31 min
Jul 6, 1:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield, Franklin, Licking	109 min
Jul 6, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign	35 min
Jul 6, 1:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking	29 min
Jul 6, 1:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin, Pickaway	26 min
Jul 6, 1:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Madison	23 min
Jul 6, 2:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Fairfield, Franklin, Madison, Union	6 hr
Jul 6, 2:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Delaware, Union	4 hr
Jul 6, 3:08 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Scioto and 1 more	14 hr
Jul 6, 3:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield	35 min
Jul 6, 3:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Franklin, Pickaway	18 min
Jul 6, 4:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	25 min
Jul 6, 4:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clark, Greene, Madison, Union	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	29 min
Jul 6, 5:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Greene	65 min
Jul 6, 5:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield	3 hr
Jul 6, 5:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ross	48 min
Jul 6, 6:28 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	ILN	Delaware, Franklin	4 hr
Jul 6, 7:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Franklin	6 hr
Jul 6, 8:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hocking	3 hr
Jul 6, 9:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	32 min
Jul 6, 11:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Madison	40 min
Jul 6, 11:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	41 min
Jul 6, 12:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	38 min
Jul 6, 12:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pickaway, Ross	41 min
Jul 6, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	42 min
Jul 6, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking, Ross	16 min
Jul 6, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	32 min
Jul 6, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	40 min
Jul 6, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler	36 min
Jul 6, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Montgomery	34 min
Jul 6, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Hamilton	56 min
Jul 6, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Montgomery, Preble	44 min
Jul 6, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	48 min
Jul 6, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Montgomery, Preble	44 min
Jul 6, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Hamilton	63 min
Jul 6, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ross	41 min
Jul 6, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Warren	61 min
Jul 6, 3:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont	23 min
Jul 6, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland	42 min
Jul 6, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Clinton, Highland	38 min
Jul 6, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	47 min
Jul 6, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike, Scioto	67 min
Jul 6, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Highland, Pike, Ross	41 min
Jul 6, 4:08 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Pickaway	35 hr
Jul 6, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Scioto	13 min
Jul 6, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin	40 min
Jul 6, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Carroll	48 min
Jul 6, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken, Campbell, Grant, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson	55 min
Jul 6, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	19 min
Jul 6, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis, Mason	45 min
Jul 6, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	46 min
Jul 6, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ripley	55 min
Jul 6, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Wayne	35 min
Jul 6, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ripley	47 min
Jul 6, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette, Union	45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.