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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 3, 2000Grant County, Owen County, Pendleton County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jan 3, 2000, 6:47 PM EST for Grant County, Owen County, Pendleton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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
Jan 3, 2000, 6:47 PM EST (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 10:50 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Grant County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2000-01-03Temperature 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 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-213 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 KILN 032345
FFWILN
KYC081-187-191-040350-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
647 PM EST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
  OWEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
  PENDLETON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

* EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1050 PM EST.

*
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED
COUNTIES TODAY. WITH ANOTHER TWO INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT TWO HOURS...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.
*

IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
WHEvN WATER BEGINS RISING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 3:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNOwen40 min
Jan 3, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant44 min
Jan 3, 3:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPendleton27 min
Jan 3, 5:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Kenton4 hr
Jan 3, 6:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.