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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Charleston, WV

June 9, 2002Gallia County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2002, 6:16 PM EDT for Gallia County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2002, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Gallia County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2002-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 953 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 2002-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
953 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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 092216
FFWRLX
OHC053-092300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
612 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

* AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER SOUTHERN GALLIA COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING   
  VERY SLOWLY WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE    
  AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES.

* AREAS PRIMARILY AFFECTED ARE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GALLIA COUNTY 
  AROUND CADMUS. 

--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 3886 8245 3881 8251 3870 8246 3862 8222
          3878 8221 3886 8218

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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.