• Flood Risk IL/IN/KY/OH

    From Mike Powell@618:250/10 to All on Sat Jul 11 10:34:18 2026
    AWUS01 KWNH 111314
    FFGMPD
    OHZ000-KYZ000-INZ000-ILZ000-111800-

    Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0671
    NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
    913 AM EDT Sat Jul 11 2026

    Areas affected...eastern IL through central OH

    Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding possible

    Valid 111312Z - 111800Z

    SUMMARY...Widely scattered areas of flash flooding will be
    possible from eastern IL into central IN and western/central OH
    over the next 3-5 hours. Slow movement of heavy rain will support
    hourly rainfall of 1 to 2+ inches and potential for 2 to 4+ inch
    total rainfall through 18Z.

    DISCUSSION...Area radar imagery through 1245Z showed a few slow
    moving areas of heavy rain extending across the central IL/IN
    border and in west-central OH. These regions of heavy rain were
    partially driven by embedded low to mid-level vorticity maxima or
    remnant MCVs scattered throughout the OH and TN Valleys. Back
    west, a larger scale mid to upper level vorticity max was seen in
    water vapor imagery over western IL, advancing slowly to the east.
    MLCAPE from eastern IL into OH was weak at 500-1000 J/kg as seen
    on the 12Z SPC mesoanalysis and in 12Z soundings from ILX and ILN
    but with high PWs of 1.8 to 2.0 inches. Locations from central IL
    into central OH contained very weak 0-6 km mean winds of less than
    10 kt, east of the main upper shortwave to the west, resulting in
    slow movement of heavy rain cores.

    The weak embedded impulses over the OH Valley are expected to
    gradually drift toward the east over the next few hours with
    regional flareups of heavy showers/thunderstorms containing hourly
    rainfall of 1 to 2 inches. Lift across the OH Valley will also be
    aided by ascent within the right entrance region of an eastward
    tracking upper level jet max located from northern IN into OH. The
    axes of heavy rain are expected to align from roughly west to east
    but also remain somewhat transient. Therefore, the flash flood
    threat appears that it will remain isolated to widely scattered in
    nature, but there are some scattered locations within the MPD
    threat area that have lower FFG of about 2 inches or less in 3
    hours. Through 18Z, peak total rainfall is expected to range from
    2 to 4 inches, although locally higher totals cannot be completely ruled out.

    Otto

    ATTN...WFO...CLE...ILN...ILX...IND...IWX...LMK...LOT...PBZ...
    RLX...

    ATTN...RFC...MSR...TIR...NWC...

    LAT...LON 41038505 40948355 40468193 39798149 39138184
    38948408 38808593 38888791 39358865 40008863
    40318835 40398781 40498718 40788678 40978630

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