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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Charleston, WV

July 10, 2000Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2000, 6:04 AM EDT for Perry 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
Jul 10, 2000, 6:04 AM EDT (10:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2000, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2000-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1066 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1066 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 101009
FFWRLX
OHC127-101300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
604 AM EDT MON JUL 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL
900 AM EDT MONDAY FOR

SOUTHEAST OHIO...
         PERRY

AT 6:04 AM EDT MONDAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2.0 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE
LAST HOUR OVER THE REGION.  THIS IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
OF DITCHES...CREEKS...AND STREAMS.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE REGION THROUGH
9AM.

PERSONS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION.
MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL...AS FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS ALONG ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

.END / SIKORA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Vinton32 min
Jul 10, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Jackson22 min
Jul 10, 4:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson2 hr
Jul 10, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Jackson28 min
Jul 10, 5:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Vinton2 hr
Jul 10, 6:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Jackson3 hr
Jul 10, 7:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington20 min
Jul 10, 7:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington2 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.