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Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Charleston, WV

August 10, 2001Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2001, 3:44 PM EDT for Perry 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
Aug 10, 2001, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2001, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2001-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2403 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 2001-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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 101949
FFWRLX
OHC127-102245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
344 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

* AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER 
  TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR OVER SOUTHERN PERRY 
  COUNTY. 

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE AROUND..AND WEST TO 
  NORTH OF MAXVILLE. ALSO EXTENDING TO SOUTH OF NEW LEXINGTON AROUND 
  BRISTOL.

--CALL TO ACTION-- A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD
TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY
FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY
AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO
SO SAFELY.

$$

LAT...LON 3981 8208 3971 8236 3960 8237 3959 8227
          3956 8224 3956 8217 3960 8203 3972 8204

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 3:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan3 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.