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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV

May 27, 2004Gallia County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2004, 8:41 PM EDT for Gallia County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 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
May 27, 2004, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Gallia County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 KRLX 280045
FFWRLX
OHC053-280345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
841 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...

* AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN 
GAGES INDICATED VERY HEAVY OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY 
AROUND THE VINTON AREA.

.

--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.

$$

SIKORA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Meigs, Vinton39 min
May 27, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia29 min
May 27, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Lawrence34 min
May 27, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia47 min
May 27, 11:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia4 hr

Nearby

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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.