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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 9, 2000Carroll County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2000, 10:32 PM EDT for Carroll County, Kentucky. It was in force for 118 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
Aug 9, 2000, 10:32 PM EDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2000, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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 
WGUS51 KILN 100237
FFWILN
KYC041-100430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1032 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT...

  AT 1030 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT FROM 3 TO 5 
  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MUCH OF CARROLL COUNTY SINCE 9 PM 
  EDT. OVER AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1130 
  PM.

* SOME LOCATIONS WHERE FLOODING IS LIKELY INCLUDE...
  CARROLLTON...
  PRESTONVILLE...

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.

$$
DIAN-REED

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGallatin57 min
Aug 9, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Owen67 min
Aug 9, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRobertson65 min
Aug 9, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll37 min
Aug 9, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPendleton50 min
Aug 9, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Mason49 min
Aug 9, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin50 min
Aug 9, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Owen48 min
Aug 9, 9:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGrant, Owen, Pendleton30 min
Aug 9, 9:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGrant, Owen, Pendleton2 hr
Aug 9, 11:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNOwen3 hr

Nearby

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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.