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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

May 21, 2004Morgan County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2004, 6:20 PM EDT for Morgan County, Ohio. It was in force for 115 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
May 21, 2004, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2004, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Morgan County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2750 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
2750 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 212222
FFWRLX
OHC115-220015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
620 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

* AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER MORGAN COUNTY.  SOME AREAS AFFECTED ARE ALONG ISLAND RUN 
  AND WOLF CREEKS.  



--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.

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

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 5:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry3 hr
May 21, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington50 min
May 21, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMeigs56 min
May 21, 6:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington3 hr
May 21, 6:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens118 min
May 21, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens39 min
May 21, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMeigs48 min

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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.