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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 19, 2002Champaign County, Logan County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 2002, 8:37 PM EDT for Champaign County, Logan County, Ohio. It was in force for 113 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
Apr 19, 2002, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2002, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Champaign County, OH, Logan County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2002-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 175 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KILN 200037
FFWILN
OHC021-091-200230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
836 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...

* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST   
  LOGAN AND NORTHWEST CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED 
  THAT AT LEAST 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 7 PM...WITH AN 
  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 9 PM. 

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...
  DE GRAFF...
  QUINCY...
  BELLEFONTAINE...
  ROSEWOOD...
  URBANA...
  
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
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.

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.

$$
DIAN-REED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.