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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 2, 2003Pendleton County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2003, 4:06 AM EDT for Pendleton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 54 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
Aug 2, 2003, 4:06 AM EDT (08:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2003, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Pendleton County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2003-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 572 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 00:00Z on 2003-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
572 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KILN 020809
FFWILN
KYC191-020900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
406 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PENDLETON COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT...

* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN LOCATED JUST EAST
  AND NORTH OF LOCUST GROVE. FROM 3 TO 4 AM...ESTIMATED RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN WEST CENTRAL PENDLETON
  COUNTY. FROM 4 TO 5 AM...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
  IN THIS AREA. 


* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...
  BUTLER...
  LOCUST GROVE...
  FALMOUTH...

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 3:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Pendleton63 min
Aug 2, 6:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Kenton114 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.