Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2001, 4:50 PM EDT for Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio; Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 115 min. 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 21, 2001, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2001, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lewis County, KY, Adams County, OH, Scioto County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1016 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KILN 212056 FFWILN KYC135-OHC001-145-212245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 450 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING... LEWIS COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT... * AT 450 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING TORRENTIAL RAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS THESE STORMS PASS. THIS RAIN...ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...WILL QUICKLY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE... CAMP DIX... VANCEBURG... LUCASVILLE... PEEBLES... PORTSMOUTH... SEAMAN... SOUTH WEBSTER... WEST UNION... IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$ WHITE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Licking | 48 min |
| May 21, 6:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 79 min |
| May 21, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 45 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2001Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.