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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 4, 2022Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2022, 3:23 AM EDT for Owen County, Kentucky. 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: Aug 4, 2022, 3:23 AM EDT (07:23 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2022, 6:30 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Owen County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 372 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: 1198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.1

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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 Aug 4, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 8:09 PM EDT, 7 hours 14 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
809 PM EDT Wed Aug 3 2022

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-050015-
Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-
Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-
Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-
Shelby-Logan-Union OH-Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-
Franklin OH-Licking-Preble-Montgomery-Greene-Fayette OH-Pickaway-
Fairfield-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hocking-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-
Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto-
809 PM EDT Wed Aug 3 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

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

Showers and thunderstorms are expected Thursday and Thursday night.
A few storms may contain damaging wind gusts. Heavy rain and
localized flooding will also be possible.

On Friday, thunderstorms are likely. Heavy rain and localized
flooding are possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed on Thursday.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 9:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 9:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 10:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:14 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:49 PM EDT, 4 hours 34 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
Aug 3, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams	31 min
Aug 3, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ross	29 min
Aug 3, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	28 min
Aug 3, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pickaway, Ross	33 min
Aug 3, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	30 min
Aug 3, 9:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	24 min
Aug 3, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield	35 min
Aug 3, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	31 min
Aug 3, 10:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	11 min
Aug 4, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene	33 min
Aug 4, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clark, Greene	45 min
Aug 4, 2:55 PM EDT	Flood Watch	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Highland, Hocking and 3 more	27 hr
Aug 4, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown, Clermont	28 min
Aug 4, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pickaway	28 min
Aug 4, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	39 min
Aug 4, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown	36 min
Aug 4, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams, Highland	42 min
Aug 4, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	46 min
Aug 4, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike, Scioto	41 min
Aug 4, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Jackson	26 min
Aug 4, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler	36 min
Aug 4, 3:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Owen	20 min
Aug 4, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone, Grant, Kenton	34 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.