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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 3, 2000Fayette County, Madison County, Pickaway County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jan 3, 2000, 7:17 PM EST for Fayette County, Madison County, Pickaway County, Ohio. 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, 7:17 PM EST (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 11:20 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, OH, Madison County, OH, Pickaway County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2000-01-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 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 040016
FFWILN
OHC047-097-129-040420-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO.
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO.
  PICKAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO.

* EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1120 PM EST.

*
OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN TODAY IN THE WARNED AREAS.
WITH ANOTHER ONE TO 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
WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 7:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNFairfield, Franklin4 hr
Jan 3, 9:07 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown, Highland3 hr
Jan 3, 9:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNRoss3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.