National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
July 28, 2016
Heavy Rain

 

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
336 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2016

...24 hour Rainfall Reports over 1/2 inch...

Location                     Amount    Time/Date       Lat/Lon

...Indiana...

...Franklin County...
1 SSW Brookville             0.53 in   0245 PM 07/28   39.41N/85.01W

...Ohio County...
3 SSE Aurora                 1.26 in   0800 AM 07/28   39.02N/84.89W

...Switzerland County...
2 WSW Vevay                  0.76 in   0301 PM 07/28   38.73N/85.09W

...Kentucky...

...Boone County...
Woolper Creek Near Burlingto 1.79 in   0245 PM 07/28   39.03N/84.80W
Elijahs Creek Near Hebron    1.50 in   0300 PM 07/28   39.08N/84.69W
Cincinnati/n Ky Intl Apt     1.34 in   0752 AM 07/28   39.05N/84.67W
Burlington                   1.33 in   0600 AM 07/28   39.02N/84.73W
Burlington                   1.29 in   0310 PM 07/28   39.04N/84.72W
5 ESE Rising Sun             1.18 in   0310 PM 07/28   38.91N/84.77W
Oakbrook                     1.05 in   0309 PM 07/28   38.99N/84.69W
3 ENE Rising Sun             0.83 in   0240 PM 07/28   38.97N/84.79W
Oakbrook                     0.68 in   0306 PM 07/28   39.00N/84.69W
Union                        0.58 in   0308 PM 07/28   38.95N/84.66W
Gunpowder Creek Near Union   0.57 in   0800 AM 07/28   38.99N/84.72W

...Bracken County...
1 NE Brooksville             1.28 in   0308 PM 07/28   38.70N/84.05W
4 NNE Mount Olivet           1.21 in   0245 PM 07/28   38.59N/84.02W
2 WSW Augusta                0.57 in   0700 AM 07/28   38.75N/84.05W

...Campbell County...
Taylor Creek At Riveria Driv 4.79 in   0230 PM 07/28   39.10N/84.48W
Newport                      3.53 in   0307 PM 07/28   39.09N/84.50W
Three Mile Creek At Highway  3.21 in   0230 PM 07/28   39.05N/84.49W
Crestview                    1.37 in   0300 PM 07/28   39.02N/84.41W
Twelvemile Creek Near Alexan 0.82 in   0245 PM 07/28   38.95N/84.34W
1 WNW California             0.73 in   0310 PM 07/28   38.93N/84.29W
Fourmile Creek Near Alexandr 0.71 in   0200 PM 07/28   38.98N/84.36W
2 SSE Crestview              0.70 in   0307 PM 07/28   38.99N/84.40W

...Gallatin County...
2 NNE Sanders                2.55 in   0300 PM 07/28   38.68N/84.94W
2 NW Glencoe                 0.89 in   0700 AM 07/28   38.74N/84.85W

...Grant County...
2 N Dry Ridge                1.48 in   0750 AM 07/28   38.72N/84.59W
Crittenden                   0.80 in   0257 PM 07/28   38.77N/84.60W

...Kenton County...
Park Hills                   3.47 in   0700 AM 07/28   39.08N/84.52W
1 NE Kenton Vale             3.24 in   0730 AM 07/28   39.07N/84.50W
Pleasant Run Creek At Oak St 2.88 in   0215 PM 07/28   39.09N/84.56W
Park Hills                   2.84 in   0700 AM 07/28   39.06N/84.55W
Fort Wright                  2.75 in   0258 PM 07/28   39.06N/84.54W
Dry Creek At Sewage Plant    2.46 in   0230 PM 07/28   39.06N/84.62W
Visalia                      0.71 in   0230 PM 07/28   38.92N/84.45W
Cruises Creek Near Piner     0.70 in   0245 PM 07/28   38.84N/84.53W
Banklick Creek Near Edgewood 0.58 in   0300 PM 07/28   38.98N/84.54W

...Owen County...
5 SSE Glencoe                1.06 in   0302 PM 07/28   38.64N/84.78W

...Pendleton County...
Licking River At Mckinneysbu 1.51 in   0245 PM 07/28   38.60N/84.27W
Hayes                        1.01 in   0215 PM 07/28   38.66N/84.35W

...Ohio...

...Brown County...
1 NNW Fayetteville           1.22 in   0256 PM 07/28   39.20N/83.94W
3 N Aberdeen                 1.20 in   0303 PM 07/28   38.71N/83.77W
3 SE Mount Orab              0.94 in   0305 PM 07/28   38.99N/83.88W
1 W Mount Orab               0.77 in   0310 PM 07/28   39.03N/83.95W
Georgetown                   0.73 in   0307 PM 07/28   38.86N/83.90W

...Butler County...
3 E Beckett Ridge            0.60 in   0301 PM 07/28   39.35N/84.38W

...Clermont County...
Clermont County Airport      2.92 in   0754 AM 07/28   39.08N/84.21W
Owensville                   2.03 in   0600 AM 07/28   39.11N/84.14W
Mount Repose                 0.77 in   0255 PM 07/28   39.19N/84.22W
2 SSE Pleasant Plain         0.55 in   0310 PM 07/28   39.24N/84.10W
3 WSW Bethel                 0.54 in   0900 AM 07/28   38.93N/84.14W

...Fayette County...
Greenfield                   0.55 in   0300 PM 07/28   39.38N/83.38W

...Franklin County...
3 WSW Dublin                 0.75 in   0305 PM 07/28   40.09N/83.18W

...Hamilton County...
Cherry Grove                 4.00 in   0259 PM 07/28   39.09N/84.33W
1 W Bellevue                 3.94 in   0259 PM 07/28   39.10N/84.50W
Cincinnati Lunken Field      3.41 in   0753 AM 07/28   39.10N/84.42W
Bridgetown North             3.36 in   1135 AM 07/28   39.15N/84.63W
1 WSW Fairfax                2.69 in   0308 PM 07/28   39.13N/84.42W
Madeira                      2.51 in   0308 PM 07/28   39.18N/84.37W
Mount Healthy                2.21 in   0310 PM 07/28   39.24N/84.56W
North College Hill           2.19 in   0306 PM 07/28   39.21N/84.55W
1 SSW North College Hill     1.93 in   0304 PM 07/28   39.20N/84.56W
1 WNW Saint Bernard          1.72 in   0300 PM 07/28   39.18N/84.53W
White Oak West               1.60 in   0309 PM 07/28   39.20N/84.61W
Madeira                      1.50 in   0310 PM 07/28   39.19N/84.37W
Kenwood                      1.46 in   0309 PM 07/28   39.20N/84.36W
1 WNW Wyoming                1.41 in   0700 AM 07/28   39.24N/84.50W
1 SSE Covedale               1.21 in   0301 PM 07/28   39.10N/84.63W
Madeira                      1.13 in   0303 PM 07/28   39.18N/84.36W
White Oak West               0.98 in   0600 AM 07/28   39.20N/84.61W
Dillonvale                   0.77 in   0247 PM 07/28   39.22N/84.41W
1 NNW Montgomery             0.76 in   0302 PM 07/28   39.27N/84.35W
Miamitown                    0.73 in   0800 AM 07/28   39.20N/84.70W
Bridgetown North             0.61 in   0305 PM 07/28   39.16N/84.65W
1 WNW Mack North             0.59 in   0304 PM 07/28   39.18N/84.70W
Sharonville                  0.54 in   0307 PM 07/28   39.27N/84.41W
Pleasant Run Farm            0.54 in   0305 PM 07/28   39.30N/84.53W
Addyston                     0.54 in   0305 PM 07/28   39.14N/84.70W

...Highland County...
2 SSE Saint Martin           1.53 in   0730 AM 07/28   39.18N/83.86W
Hillsboro                    1.29 in   0310 PM 07/28   39.21N/83.60W
Hillsboro                    1.15 in   0245 PM 07/28   39.20N/83.61W
Centerfield                  0.50 in   0245 PM 07/28   39.33N/83.48W

...Pike County...
1 SSE Waverly                0.51 in   0800 AM 07/28   39.11N/82.98W

...Scioto County...
9 NE Vanceburg               1.07 in   0224 PM 07/28   38.70N/83.20W
Sciotoville                  1.00 in   0100 PM 07/28   38.76N/82.89W

Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. Not all data listed are considered official.

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NWS Wilmington OH
IRIS System

 

 

 

The following radar loop details the evolution of thunderstorms producing very high rainfall rates over the same areas during the early morning hours of July 28, 2016. This excessive rainfall lead to several reports of flash flooding in northern Campbell County in Kentucky and southeastern Hamilton County and western Clermont County in Ohio. There were numerous reports of rainfall in excess of 3 to 4 inches in only a two hour period across the aforementioned areas.

 


 

 

KILN 0.5° Reflectivity (Z) from 07:51Z to 10:30Z (Click for Animation)

 

The following images show rainfall estimates from WSR-88D in Wilmington, Ohio (KILN). The left image shows a 3-hr rainfall estimate across northern Kentucky and extreme southwestern Ohio ending at approximately 10:30z on July 28, 2016 (most of which fell between 8:15z and 10:15z). The image on the right shows radar estimated storm total rainfall for July 28, 2016 across the region ending at 8 PM EDT.

 

KILN Estimated 3-hr Rainfall Accumulation (Inches) and Storm Total Rainfall Accumulation (Inches)