1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 18, 2:25 PM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 325 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2001 WILL MAKE DISCUSSION SHORT AS TIME IS RUNNING SHORT. WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER SOUTHWEST FA. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT BRINGING A LOT OF PROBLEMS TO THE TRI-STATE AND WHITE WATER VALLEY. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS LESS THAN AN INCH FOR MOST IF NOT ALL OF OUR COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IF A FEW NORTHERN KY WHICH ARE NEAR AN INCH. CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL INDIANA WILL MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA BY 5 PM AND WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY TO SOME DEGREE AS REGION REACHES MAX DAYTIME HEATING. 12Z ETA PROGGED AND MODIFIED MORNING ILN SOUNDING INDICATE 2500 TO 3000 J/KG OVER SOUTHWEST FA THIS EVENING. AVN IS MOST CONSISTENT WITH DEVELOPING MCS OVER SRN IL/IN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH THE ETA BRINGING A SHEARED OUT WAVE OVER FA THIS EVENING. FOR THE REST OF FORECAST WILL WILL KEEP SMALL THREAT OF CONVECTION THROUGH FRIDAY AS RIDGE BUILDS JUST TO OUR WEST WITH JET STREAM DIVING SOUTH OVER REGION. THIS WILL ALLOW MID LEVEL WAVES "RIDGE RIDERS" TO DEVELOP CONVECTION TO OUR NORTH AND DIVE SOUTH INTO FA. ETA STILL INDICATING INSTABILITY OVER FA. MISILN WILL BE OUT SHORTLY ALONG WITH THE ZONES. .ILN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. OH...060-070-071-077-078 IN...050-058-059-066-073>075-080 KY...089>098 TIPTON
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:52 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several business throughout area were flooded. Interstate 74 was closed due to high water across roadway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2001
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