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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Charleston, WV

August 9, 2003Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2003, 8:05 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 85 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 9, 2003, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2003, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2003-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 444 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2003-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
848 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 KRLX 100006
FFWRLX
OHC167-100130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
805 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

* AT 800 PM EDT...WASHINGTON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTED ROAD
  FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF RENO.  EVACUATIONS WERE OCCURRING
  ALONG THE COAL RUN...AND HIGH WATER WAS ALSO SEEN ON MILL RUN.
  RAINFALL IS SHOWING A DIMINISHING TREND...BUT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE
  TO CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...RENO AND CORNERVILLE.

--CALL TO ACTION-- A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

$$

CL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KRLX 100046
FFSRLX
OHC167-100130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
845 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM
EDT...

AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN 
HAD LIGHTENED UP CONSIDERABLY IN INTENSITY ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON 
COUNTY.  RUNOFF INTO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL 
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS UNTIL 930 PM.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...DEVOLA AND LOWER SALEM.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

$$

CL
000 
WGUS71 KRLX 100131
FFSRLX
OHC167-100150-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
930 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED OVER VERY LIGHT RAINFALL 
WAS OCCURRING OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY.  OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLOOD 
WATERS WERE RECEDING ACROSS THE COUNTY. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY 
CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF NEW SERIOUS FLOODING IS OVER.  
THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

$$

CL

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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.