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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 3, 2000Brown County, Highland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jan 3, 2000, 9:07 PM EST for Brown County, Highland County, Ohio. 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
Jan 3, 2000, 9:07 PM EST (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Jan 4, 2000, 12:05 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brown County, OH, Highland County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 KCVG 040212 COR
FFWILN
OHC015-071-040505-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.
  HIGHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

* EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1205 AM EST.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED..
  CHASETOWN
  PRICETOWN
  RUSSEL
  HILLSBORO
  SAMANTHA
 GREENFIELD

*A THUNDERSTORM WHICH IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF
 RAIN IN LESS THAN 1 HOUR WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN BROWN AND
 HIGHLAND COUNTIES.  RAINFALL IN THIS AREA HAS ALREADY EXCEEDED AN
 INCH THIS EVENING.  PONDING OF WATER AND CREEK RISES HAVE ALSO
 BEEN REPORTED IN THIS REGION.


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.

TIPTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 7:17 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNFayette, Madison, Pickaway4 hr
Jan 3, 7:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNFairfield, Franklin4 hr
Jan 3, 9:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNRoss3 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.