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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV

July 10, 2000Gallia County, Jackson County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2000, 6:33 PM EDT for Gallia County, Jackson 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2000, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2000, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1291 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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 KRLX 102235
FFWRLX
OHC053-079-110130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GALLIA COUNTY IN OHIO...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

* AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 1.5 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS GALLIA AND JACKSON COUNTIES DURING
THE AFTERNOON.  FURTHER RAINFALL OF ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES
IS EXPECTED THROUGH 930 PM.  CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS ACROSS THE
AREA ARE LIKELY TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE VINTON.

<<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.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 3899 8277 3890 8262 3873 8244 3870 8221
          3880 8223 3885 8216 3892 8215 3903 8234
          3904 8244 3913 8249 3917 8275

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 6:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry3 hr
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, 7:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington20 min
Jul 10, 7:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.