Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Charleston, WV

May 21, 2001Jackson County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2001, 6:16 PM EDT for Jackson 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 21, 2001, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2001, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2001-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1016 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 2001-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 212219
FFWRLX
OHC079-220115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
616 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

* AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER OAK HILL...OR ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF OAK HILL...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* AREAS EFFECTED INCLUDE CLAY AND OAK HILL...AND AREAS JUST TO THE 
  WEST...INCLUDING HEWITT RUN.  

<<CALL TO ACTION>> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW
YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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

$$

LAT]...LON 3889 8281 3880 8267 3900 8243 3910 8245

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson33 min
May 21, 6:10 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXGallia, Meigs35 min
May 21, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXJackson16 min
May 21, 6:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia3 hr
May 21, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXGallia, Meigs25 min
May 21, 7:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs, Vinton3 hr
May 21, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXMeigs16 min
May 21, 7:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens3 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.