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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 17, 2001Wayne County, Indiana; 4 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2001, 10:38 PM EST for Wayne County, Indiana; 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 4 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 17, 2001, 10:38 PM EST (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2001, 3:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Wayne County, IN, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Preble County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 2001-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 606 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 00:00Z on 2001-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KILN 180342
FFWILN

INC177-OHC017-025-135-165-180800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1138 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN INDIANA...
  PREBLE COUNTY IN OHIO...
  WARREN COUNTY IN OHIO...
  CLERMONT COUNTY IN OHIO...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT(300 AM EST)...

* AT 1138 PM EDT(1038 PM EST)...5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN...OR
  ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EATON...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

SPOTTERS...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE 3 TO 4 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE EARLY THIS 
EVENING.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY 
MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY.
WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED THROUGHOUT THESE COUNTIES...AND THE 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO LIFE THREATENING 
FLOODING CONDITIONS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 7:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWayne50 min
Jul 17, 7:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield60 min
Jul 17, 7:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont54 min
Jul 17, 8:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams, Brown2 hr
Jul 17, 8:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clermont45 min
Jul 17, 10:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler40 min
Jul 17, 11:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont55 min
Jul 17, 11:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton36 min
Jul 18, 1:10 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams, Brown110 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2001Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.