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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 23, 2000Ross County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2000, 8:36 PM EDT for Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 84 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2000, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2000, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1168 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KILN 240038
FFWILN
OHC141-240200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
836 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ROSS COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

* DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL ROSS COUNTY.  THIS 
AMOUNT OF RAIN IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS TO LEAVE 
THEIR BANKS.

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.

./END

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.