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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 3, 2000Ohio County, Switzerland County, Indiana; Boone County, Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jan 3, 2000, 9:58 PM EST for Ohio County, Switzerland County, Indiana; Boone County, Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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, 9:58 PM EST (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Jan 4, 2000, 12:00 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ohio County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Boone County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Kenton County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 040256
FFWILN
INC115-155-KYC015-037-117-040500-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
  KENTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
  OHIO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA.
  SWITZERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA.

* EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM EST.

* THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THESE COUNTIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED
  UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST.

* WHILE THE RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF SOMEWHAT IN THE PAST HOUR...A BAND
  OF VERY HEAVY RAIN IS APPROACHING THE WARNING AREA FROM THE SOUTH.
  THIS WILL WORSEN ANY EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS. VERY HIGH WATER
  HAS BEEN REPORTED ON SOME ROADWAYS IN THE COUNTIES IN THE WARNING
  AREA.

* TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE AWARE
  OF FLOODING ALONG ROADWAYS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN
HEAVY RAIN REDUCES VISIBILITY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A
FLOODED ROADWAY...THIS IS HOW MOST FLOOD DEATHS A@ND RESCUES OCCUR.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY.

.END/DIAN-REED

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.