Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Charleston, WV

July 6, 2003Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2003, 8:27 PM EDT for Perry 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2003, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2003, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2003-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1162 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
1162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 070027
FFWRLX
OHC127-070230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
827 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...

* HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND RUNOFF IS REACHING
  AREA STREAMS...SUCH AS JONATHAN CREEK AND MOXAHALA CREEK. RAINFALL
  ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN ABOUT TWO HOURS 
  TIME.

* AT 823 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SOME
  LIGHT RAIN EXITING THE AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE CROOKSVILLE AND MOUNT
  PERRY.

--CALL TO ACTION-- DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW
YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 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.

$$

CL
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KRLX 070202
FFSRLX
OHC127-070230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
955 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

WATER LEVELS AROUND CROOKSVILLE OF PERRY COUNTY HAVE SUBSIDED.
ACCORDING TO THE PERRY COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT...STREETS WERE 
FLOODED TO A FOOT IN DEPTH...BUT NO HOMES WERE THREATENED.

HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO SEEN AROUND THE GLENFORD AND MOUNT PERRY 
VICINITY OF NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY AROUND 7 AND 8 OCLOCK SUNDAY 
EVENING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...IN CASE MORE RAIN MOVES TOWARD NORTHERN 
PERRY COUNTY.

REPEATING...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING...THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY...HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

KTB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry42 min
Jul 7, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Morgan, Perry26 min

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.