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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 15, 2003Preble County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 8:40 AM EDT for Preble County, Ohio. It was in force for 95 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
Jun 15, 2003, 8:40 AM EDT (12:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2003, 10:15 AM EDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Preble County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 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 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2003-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 269 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 2003-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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 151244
FFWILN
OHC135-151415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
840 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT...

* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF CAMDEN. UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 7 AM EDT...
  WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 10 AM EDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...
  CAMDEN...
  MUTTONVILLE... 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
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.

$$
AR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 10:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPreble91 min
Jun 15, 10:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler2 hr
Jun 15, 11:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPreble90 min
Jun 15, 12:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler3 hr
Jun 15, 3:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHamilton3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.