Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jan 24, 2002, 7:18 AM EST for Lewis County, Mason County, Robertson County, Kentucky; Adams County, Brown County, Scioto 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
- Jan 24, 2002, 7:18 AM EST (12:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2002, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Scioto County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 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 KILN 241220 FFWILN KYC135-161-201-OHC001-015-145-241500- FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION TO CHANGE PRODUCT IDENTIFIER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 718 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MASON...LEWIS...ROBERTSON... BROWN...ADAMS AND SCIOTO COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM EST... * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE... LEWISBURG... MAYSVILLE... TOLLESBORO... VANCEBURG... WASHINGTON... ABERDEEN... MANCHESTER... RIPLEY... WEST UNION... AT 640 AM EST...POLICE DISPATCH REPORTED FLOODING IN ADAMS...SCIOTO AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES. NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE IMPASSABLE...AND WITH MORE RAIN ON THE WAY...CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE MUCH UNTIL LATE MORNING. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROAD OR AROUND HIGH WATER SIGNS. MORE THAN HALF OF FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. IT ONLY TAKES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT A CAR OR TRUCK. $$
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 Jan 24, 6:31 AM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 6:31 AM EST, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
631 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002
WILL WAIT UNTIL WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED AROUND 7 AM TO UPDATE ZONES
AND CANCEL FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF FA. HEAVIEST RAIN REMAINS SOUTH
AND EAST OF FA AND ONLY LIGHT PRECIP EXPECTED FOR EARLY THIS
MORNING.
HOWEVER...FLOODING IS CONTINUING IN ROBERTSON ADAMS AND SCIOTO
COUNTIES AND WILL KEEP WATCH UP FOR OUR 5 EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
COUNTIES. ITS POSSIBLE THAT WE MAY EXTEND THE WARNINGS HERE PAST 7
AM.
.ILN...OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON FOR ADAMS AND SCIOTO COUNTIES.
KY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON FOR ROBERTSON MASON AND LEWIS.
IN...NONE.
FRANKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 1:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Owen | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Scioto | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.