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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 9, 2000Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2000, 11:29 PM EDT for Owen County, Kentucky. 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
Aug 9, 2000, 11:29 PM EDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2000, 2:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Owen County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 100330
FFWILN
KYC187-100630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1129 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OWEN COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT...

* HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS OWEN COUNTY...HOWEVER RUNOFF IS    
  CONTINUING TO REACH AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS CAUSING RAPID RISES.  
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A LARGE PART OF OWEN  
  COUNTY RECEIVED 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8 PM.  COUNTY OFFICIALS 
  REPORTED U.S. HIGHWAY 127 HAS BEEN CLOSED SOUTH OF OWENTON WITH   
  10 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED OVER THE ROADWAY.   

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...
  OWENTON...
  LONG RIDGE...
  PERRY PARK...
  MONTEREY...

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AS WATER COVERED 
ROADWAYS AT NIGHT ARE HARD TO DETECT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO 
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO 
GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 
WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

$$

TIPTON9

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, 10:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNCarroll118 min

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.