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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 18, 2001Brown County, Clermont County, Highland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2001, 3:37 PM EDT for Brown County, Clermont County, Highland 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
May 18, 2001, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2001, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Highland County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 2001-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1152 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 2001-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
1152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 KILN 181940
FFWILN
OHC015-025-071-182230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
337 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HIGHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  CLERMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

* 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA OVER THE   
  LAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE        
  THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THIS RAIN IS FALLING ON TOP OF ALREADY      
  SATURATED GROUND...WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE ANY EXISTING PROBLEMS.  

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...
  BATAVIA...
  HILLSBORO...
  LYNCHBURG...
  GOSHEN...
  MOUNT ORAB...
  FAYETTEVILLE...

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 IMgMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette52 min
May 18, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler45 min
May 18, 2:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNRoss3 hr
May 18, 3:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNClinton, Fayette3 hr
May 18, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss62 min
May 18, 3:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHocking, Pickaway3 hr
May 18, 4:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPike, Scioto3 hr
May 18, 4:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNRoss2 hr
May 18, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike32 min
May 18, 6:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams, Scioto2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.