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Flash Flood Warning 100, NWS Charleston, WV

June 2, 1997Vinton County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1997, 7:43 PM EDT for Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1997, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1997, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Vinton County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 022342
FFWCRW
OHC163-030245-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
743 PM EDT MON JUN 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...NORTHERN VINTON COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATES UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN NORTHERN GALLIA COUNTY NEAR
THE TOWN OF PORTER. SMALL STREAMS ARE RISING QUICKLY AND WILL COME OUT
OF THEIR BANKS. ADDITION HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
DURING THE NEXT HOUR MAKING MATTERS WORSE. IF YOU LIVE NEAR VINTON...BE
AWARE OF RISING WATER LEVELS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING
AREA OR FLOOD PRONE AREA.
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS
IMMINENT.  IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS
...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.
CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPINGX ALONG STREAMS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 9:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington3 hr
Jun 2, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington66 min
Jun 2, 5:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington4 hr
Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence60 min
Jun 2, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Meigs62 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.