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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2001, 7:03 PM EDT for Meigs County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2001, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2001, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood | Mc Arthur, OH | Several roads in the southeastern portion of the county were flooded by small streams. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 KRLX 212307 FFWRLX OHC105-163-220200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 703 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MEIGS COUNTY IN OHIO... SOUTHERN VINTON COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT... * AT 658 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WILKESVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE. * AREAS AROUND AND SOUTHWEST OF WILKESVILLE WILL BE EFFECTED. IN ADDITION...AREAS AROUND AND SOUTHWEST OF HARRISONVILLE WILL BE EFFECTED...INCLUDING DEXTER. <<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 NATION"AL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. $$ LAT...LON 3905 8244 3902 8232 3919 8195 3920 8213
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 33 min |
| May 21, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 35 min |
| May 21, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| May 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Jackson | 16 min |
| May 21, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia | 3 hr |
| May 21, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 25 min |
| May 21, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Meigs | 16 min |
| May 21, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens | 3 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.