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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 24, 2002Fayette County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2002, 7:48 PM EST for Fayette County, Indiana. 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
Apr 24, 2002, 7:48 PM EST (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2002, 10:45 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 00:00Z on 2002-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 2002-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 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 KILN 250048
FFWILN
INC041-250345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
745 PM EST WED APR 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EST...

* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN 
  FAYETTE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 
  SINCE 630 PM EST...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH EXPECTED THROUGH 9 PM 
  EST.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...
  CONNERSVILLE...
  ALPINE...
  FAIRVIEW...
  HARRISBURG...

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.

$$

RYAN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 24, 6:55 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 6:55 PM EST, 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
755 PM EDT WED APR 24 2002

UPDATED WRN ZONE GROUPS TO ADJUST WORDING TO REFLECT OCCURRING
VERSUS DEVELOPING.

.ILN...NONE.

JTD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNFayette2 hr
Apr 24, 7:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNWayne2 hr
Apr 24, 8:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNWayne3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.