Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2001, 7:33 PM EDT for Athens 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, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2001, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Athens County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood | South Portion, OH | Streams feeding the Middle Branch of the Shade River flooded around Shade, Garden, and Pratts Fork. |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 212336 FFWRLX OHC009-220230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 733 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEAST ATHENS COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT... * AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF COOLVILLE. * AREAS EFFECTED INCLUDE FROM PRATTS FORK AND GARDEN TO AROUND BEEBE AND FROST. <<CALL TO ACTION>> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. $$ LAT...LON 3920 8212 3919 8193 3926 8179 3935 8186
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, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs, Vinton | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Meigs | 16 min |
Nearby
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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.