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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2003, 1:25 PM EDT for Auglaize 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
- Jun 17, 2003, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2003, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Auglaize County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 553 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 171727 FFWILN OHC011-172030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 125 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... AUGLAIZE COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT... * WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ENTERING WESTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTY. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. THIS SLOW MOVING CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 4 PM. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE... NEW BREMEN... NEW KNOXVILLE... ST. MARYS... WAPAKONETA... 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.
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KILN 172026 FFSILN OHC011-172100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 426 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR AUGLAIZE COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS AUGLAIZE COUNTY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAD MOVED TO THE NORTH AND EAST...AND THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING HAS ENDED. LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGH WATER ON SEVERAL ROADS NEAR WAPAKONETA. STANDING WATER WILL REMAIN IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND ON SOME ROADWAYS AND IN FIELDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. $$ RYAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 11:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke | 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.