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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Charleston, WV

August 9, 2000Gallia County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2000, 10:31 PM EDT for Gallia 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
Aug 9, 2000, 10:31 PM EDT (02:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2000, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Gallia County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 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 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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 100235
ZCZC CRWWRKFFW DEF
TTAA00 KCRW 100231

OHC053-100530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1031 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT...

* AT 1028 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF GALLIA COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN
  THE SOUTH. ESTIMATED RAINFALL DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS SHOWS
  TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE PATRIOT...GALLIPOLIS...
  AND CADMUS.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3877 8257 3874 8247 3869 8248 3867 8236
          3860 8236 3860 8221 3881 8222 3885 8215
          3891 8216 3901 8211 3903 8240 3895 82431
          3886 8243 3884 8257


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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.