Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2003, 8:55 AM EDT for Defiance County, Paulding County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2003, 8:55 AM EDT (12:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2003, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Defiance County, OH, Paulding County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIWX 171259 FFWIWX OHC039-125-171500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 855 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DEFIANCE COUNTY IN OHIO PAULDING COUNTY IN OHIO * UNTIL 1100 AM EDT * AT 855 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE FROM NEY TO TIPTON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE PAST TWO HOURS. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NEY CECIL PAULDING BRICETON TIPTON DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4101 8476 4102 8438 4140 8440 4139 8474 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KIWX 171359 FFSIWX OHC039-125-171500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 958 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DEFIANCE COUNTY IN OHIO AND PAULDING COUNTY IN OHIO UNTIL 1100 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS IN PARTS OF DEFIANCE AND PAULDING COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM HARTFORD CITY INDIANA TO BRYAN OHIO CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 MPH. WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN CONTINUING OVER SOUTHWEST PAULDING AND CENTRAL DEFIANCE COUNTIES IN OHIO. DEFIANCE COUNTY SHERIFF HAS CLOSED OHIO STATE ROUTE 18 BETWEEN NEY AND SHERWOOD DUE TO HIGH WATER. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. $$ GLL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 10:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Paulding | 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.