3 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 Jan 24, 12:57 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1257 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002
SFC CDFNT TO MOVE OUT OF FCST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH NW WIND
10-15 MPH BRINGING A FAIR AMOUNT OF CAA TO REGION. EVEN THOUGH 925
WINDS ARE GENERALLY 15 MPH...WILL BUMP WINDS TO 10-20 IN MOST OF
FCST AREA AS CAA SHOULD ADD A LITTLE KICK TO BRING SOME STRONGER
WIND TO THE SFC. EXPECT EARLY HIGHS WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING
THROUGH THE DAY. AT THIS TIME...CDFNT IS RIGHT OVER NW EDGE OF FCST
AREA AND WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ZONE ISSUANCE TO SEE WHERE I WANT
TO START HIGHS TODAY. ATTM...EXPECT UPPER 30S EARLY TO THE NW...LOW
40S AT SW-NE BISECTION OF CWA...AND LOW 50S IN THE FAR SE. EARLY
TEMPS ARE SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGES...AND WILL LIKELY NOT
MENTION HIGHS AND GO WITH FALLING WORDING FOR NW HALF OF FA.
MEAN H5 TROF OVER WRN U.S. LOOKS TO JUST FADE INTO ZONAL FLOW AS
OPPOSED TO ACTUALLY SWINGING THROUGH WITH ANY FORCE. SRN LOBE OF H5
S/W ALSO FADES INTO A VERY WEAK S/W OVER THE GULF STATES BY 0Z SAT.
ZONAL FLOW THEN SETS UP WITH BUILDING H5 RIDGE OVER ERN THIRD OF
U.S. NEXT SHOT OF MOISTURE AHEAD OF S/W NOT PROGGED TO AFFECT REGION
UNTIL DAY 6 OR 7.
WITH HIGH BUILDING IN AFTER THAT...SW FLOW AT SFC SHOULD KEEP TEMPS
ABOVE NORMAL UNDER MOCLEAR SKIES. ANY UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IS BEING
SHUNTED NORTH OF THE GTLKS THROUGH MEDIUM RANGE OF FCST DUE TO H5
RIDGE. NO BIG CHANGES EXPECTED TO FCST...BUT WILL TRY TO GET THEM
OUT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE SO I CAN FOCUS ON CONVECTION OVER SRN HALF
OF FCST AREA.
EXPECT TO KEEP FLOOD WATCH UP THIS MORNING...EVEN IF FRONT IS
THROUGH A FEW OF THE COUNTIES BY CHANGE OF SHIFT. DONT WANT TO
CLEAR SOMETHING WHEN RIVERS ARE RUNNING FAST AND HIGH.
.ILN...FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME SE INDIANA...EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO
AND ALL OF NRN KENTUCKY THROUGH NOON TODAY.
FRANKSThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:00 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads were closed across the county due to high water. Eagle Creek went out of its banks in the southeast portion of the county.
State Routes 41 and 73 were impassable, and Route 247 was under water.
Several roads were closed due to high water across the southern part of the county. Flooding occurred at the intersection of Crabtree Road and US Route 23.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, January 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5276807, 5276805, 5276806.