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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

April 3, 2000Guernsey County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2000, 10:50 PM EDT for Guernsey 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
Apr 3, 2000, 10:50 PM EDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2000, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Guernsey County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2000-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2000-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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 KPBZ 040252
FFWPBZ
OHC059-040545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1050 PM EDT MON APR 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GUERNSEY COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT

* LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODED ROADS IN SEVERAL PLACES...
  1 MILE WEST OF CAMBRIDGE...NEAR BYESVILLE...AND NEAR OLD
  WASHINGTON.

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. STREAMS WILL RISE FURTHER
AND ADDITIONAL AREAS MAY BE FLOODED.

<<CALL TO ACTION>>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.

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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.