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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Charleston, WV

May 18, 2001Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2001, 6:17 PM EDT for Meigs 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, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2001, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Meigs County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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°0°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 KRLX 182221
FFWRLX
OHC105-190115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
617 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

* AT 612 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN CARPENTER IN WESTERN
  MEIGS COUNTY REPORTED OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN
  ABOUT A HALF HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE CARPENTER...RUTLAND
  ...LANGSVILLE AND CHESTER. 

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

$$

LAT...LON 3920 8231 3905 8232 3903 8206 3900 8192
          3890 8189 3896 8179 3917 8180

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 10:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Lawrence3 hr
May 18, 3:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Jackson, Vinton3 hr
May 18, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson45 min
May 18, 5:08 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXGallia37 min
May 18, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Vinton28 min
May 18, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMeigs44 min
May 18, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Jackson37 min
May 18, 6:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia3 hr
May 18, 6:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLawrence3 hr
May 18, 7:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Vinton3 hr

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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.