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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 27, 20044 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2004, 8:55 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2004, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dearborn County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2004-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 290 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2004-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KILN 280055
FFWILN
INC029-115-137-155-280245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
755 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DEARBORN COUNTY IN INDIANA
  OHIO COUNTY IN INDIANA
  RIPLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA
  SWITZERLAND COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 945 PM EST

* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING
  ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 
  FALLEN SINCE 7 PM EST...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES EXPECTED 
  THROUGH 930 PM.

* SOME STREAMS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY FLOODING ARE...
  MARBLE CREEK...
  GRAHAM CREEK...
  RUSH BRANCH...
  BRYANT CREEK...
  WADE CREEK...
  LAUGHERY CREEK...
  
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
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.

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.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 3910 8546 3892 8546 3876 8526 3881 8484
      3914 8491

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNSwitzerland42 min
May 27, 9:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNWayne3 hr
May 27, 10:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNOhio, Ripley, Switzerland2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.