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Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Charleston, WV

August 15, 2003Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2003, 5:37 PM EDT for Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 83 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 15, 2003, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 2003-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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 12:00Z on 2003-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 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 152139
FFWRLX
OHC115-167-152300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
537 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

* AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER EASTERN MORGAN AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...MOVING
  EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. 



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

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KRLX 152226
FFSRLX
OHC115-152300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
623 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MORGAN COUNTY 
UNTIL 7 PM EDT HAS BEEN CANCELED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS DECREASING 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME 
MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS 
ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CANCELED.

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

$$
000 
WGUS71 KRLX 152302
FFSRLX
OHC167-152330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
701 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY IN OHIO HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS DECREASING 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME 
MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS 
ENDING. 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.

$$

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.