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May 18, 2001
Severe Weather and Flooding
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Rainfall map for May 14-19, 2001. |
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Rainbow behind NWS Wilmington (photo courtesy Allen S. Randall). |
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1155 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE MONDAY
ACROSS A BROAD AREA IN OHIO EXTENDING FROM WAPAKONETA TO
PORTSMOUTH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 6 INCHES WITHIN
THIS AREA.
HERE IS AN UPDATED LIST OF RAINFALL TOTALS FROM SELECTED LOCATIONS
IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO SINCE 430 PM EDT MONDAY MAY 14.
LOCATION COUNTY TOTAL (IN INCHES)
IDAHO PIKE 6.43
SUMMIT HILL ROSS 6.30
BAINBRIDGE ROSS 5.99
GROVE CITY FRANKLIN 5.47
LYNDON ROSS 5.27
LONDON MADISON 5.26
AMANDA FAIRFIELD 4.96
SCIOTO CO FAIRGROUNDS SCIOTO 4.91
SHAWNEE HILLS SCIOTO 4.75
ALLEN CENTER UNION 4.63
BEAVER PIKE 4.52
ANDERSONVILLE ROSS 4.46
SOUTH BLOOMINGVILLE HOCKING 4.23
OMEGA PIKE 4.20
BASIL JOINT FD FAIRFIELD 4.17
JONATHAN ALDER HS MADISON 4.08
PHARISBURG UNION 3.72
TIFFIN ADAMS 3.67
BELLEFONTAINE LOGAN 3.51
JOHNSTOWN LICKING 3.31
SUNBURY DELAWARE 3.16
CHATFIELD COLLEGE BROWN 2.98
HEATH LICKING 2.96
PORT COLUMBUS INT'L AIRPORT FRANKLIN 2.93
MIDDLETOWN BUTLER 2.83
WILMINGTON NWSFO CLINTON 2.71
MASON WARREN 2.66
CENTERVILLE MONTGOMERY 2.54
MOUNT ORAB BROWN 2.50
BUCKEYE LAKE FAIRFIELD 2.44
BRECON HAMILTON 2.39
LANCASTER FAIRFIELD 2.35
DAYTON INT'L AIRPORT MONTGOMERY 2.24
$$
RYAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
1020 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1130 AM PORTSMOUTH OH FLASH FLOODS
05/18/01 SCIOTO MOST CITY STREETS ARE
FLOODED.
0105 PM SABINA OH 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/01 CLINTON
0110 PM WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE OH FLOOD
05/18/01 FAYETTE CITY STREETS FLOODED
0115 PM SNOWHILL COUNTRY CLUB OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/01 CLINTON SEVERAL TREES DOWN
0200 PM COUNTYWIDE OH FLOOD
05/18/01 CLINTON STREETS FLOODED COUNTYWIDE
0220 PM CHILLICOTHE OH FLOOD
05/18/01 ROSS ROADS FLOODED
0300 PM MASON OH FLOOD
05/18/01 WARREN HIGH WATER ON ROADS IN
TOWN
0300 PM MAPLE GROVE OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/01 ROSS SEVERAL TREES DOWN
0332 PM COMMERCIAL POINT OH FLASH FLOODS
05/18/01 PICKAWAY A BRIDGE AND A FEW ROADS
WASHED OUT OR FLOODED
0400 PM COUNTYWIDE IN FLOOD
05/18/01 DEARBORN STANDING WATER ON SOME
ROADS AROUND COUNTY
0400 PM COUNTYWIDE IN FLOOD
05/18/01 RIPLEY MINOR FLOODING ON SOME
COUNTY ROADS
0400 PM 3 SW JAMESTOWN OH FLASH FLOODS
05/18/01 GREENE BRIDGE WASHED OUT AND ROAD
CLOSED
0415 PM PERRY TWP OH FLOOD
05/18/01 HOCKING BRIDGE WASHED OUT ON SR
154
0415 PM FLORENCE KY FLOOD
05/18/01 BOONE HIGH WATER ON NUMEROUS
ROADS
0430 PM MIAMI TWP OH FLOOD
05/18/01 CLERMONT HIGH WATER COVERING ROADS
0430 PM COUNTYWIDE OH FLOOD
05/18/01 HIGHLAND HIGH WATER ON A COUPLE OF
ROADS AROUND THE COUNTY
0430 PM ENTERPRISE IN FLOOD
05/18/01 SWITZERLAND HIGH WATER AND SOME DEBRIS
ON SR 250
0430 PM SW PART OH FLOOD
05/18/01 LICKING HIGH WATER ON A FEW ROADS
0448 PM REYNOLDSBURG OH FLOOD
05/18/01 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS ROADS AND
UNDERPASSES FLOODED
0500 PM NEAR MT. ORAB OH FLOOD
05/18/01 BROWN HIGH WATER ON SEVERAL
ROADS COUNTYWIDE FOR A
PERIOD OF TIME.
0500 PM SOUTH SOLON OH FLOOD
05/18/01 MADISON SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED
0500 PM WEST UNION OH FLASH FLOODS
05/18/01 ADAMS 6 INCHES OF WATER ON
SEVERAL ROADS
0510 PM COUNTYWIDE OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/01 PIKE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY
0515 PM PICKERINGTON OH FLOOD
05/18/01 FAIRFIELD SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED
0528 PM COUNTYWIDE OH FLASH FLOODS
05/18/01 PIKE SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED AND
HIGH WATER ON MOST OTHER
ROADS
0533 PM COUNTYWIDE OH FLASH FLOODS
05/18/01 ROSS ABOUT 3 DOZEN ROADS CLOSED
ACROSS THE COUNTY
0536 PM COUNTYWIDE OH FLASH FLOODS
05/18/01 SCIOTO SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED AND
SOME PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
THEIR VEHICLES
0605 PM IN INDEPENDANCE KY FLOOD
05/18/01 CAMPBELL ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER.
0800 PM COUNTYWIDE OH FLASH FLOODS
05/18/01 SCIOTO A FEW HOUSES AND A FIRE
DEPARTMENT EVACUATED DUE TO
HIGH WATER... MAINLY SOUTH
HALF...AND NUMEROUS ROADS
CLOSED
0830 PM COUNTYWIDE OH FLASH FLOODS
05/18/01 ADAMS DOZENS OF ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO HIGH WATER... MAINLY
SOUTHERN HALF OF COUNTY
$$
SEW/GAT
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
454 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS ROSS COUNTY THIS EVENING. AS MUCH AS 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE
WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ROSS COUNTY.
NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN
WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE EXISTING FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...
BAINBRIDGE...
CHILLICOTHE...
FRANKFORT...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
$$
SEW/JDR
ISSUANCE NUMBER 10
RIVER FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
1134 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR THE
SCIOTO RIVER AT CIRCLEVILLE.
FOR THE SCIOTO RIVER NEAR CIRCLEVILLE, THE LATEST STAGE IS 13.6 FEET
AT 11 PM FRIDAY. THE STAGE IS EXPECTED CLIMB TO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
(14.0 FEET) BY 1 AM. MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST, WITH THE RIVER
EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 15.5 FEET AROUND 2 PM SATURDAY. AT STAGES
NEAR 15.5 FEET, LOWLAND FLOODING CONTINUES...WHILE FLOODING BEGINS
ALONG ISLAND ROAD. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE LEVEL WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 12 PM SUNDAY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY
BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
$$
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND CREST FORECASTS:
FLD OBS CREST BLO FLD STG
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME STG DAY TIME DAY TIME
SCIOTO RIVER
CIRCLEVILLE 14 13.6 FRI 11 PM 15.5 SAT 02 PM SUN 12 PM
$$
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