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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Charleston, WV

June 1, 2001Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2001, 2:46 PM EDT for Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 119 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
Jun 1, 2001, 2:46 PM EDT (18:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2001, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Meigs County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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 2001-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 377 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 011849
FFWRLX
OHC105-012045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
246 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

* AT 239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN IN CENTRAL MEIGS COUNTY. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE FROM RUTLAND TO 
  ALFRED...INCLUDING KINGSBURY.

<<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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 2:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Washington2 hr
Jun 1, 2:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens2 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.