Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2011, 7:20 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2011, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Athens County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
167
WGUS51 KRLX 142320
FFWRLX
OHC009-105-115-167-150045-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0014.110514T2320Z-110515T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
720 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
EASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHESTERHILL...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN SINCE 5 PM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUPPERS
PLAINS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR IS
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3933 8206 3951 8195 3955 8182 3944 8180
3915 8180 3901 8207
$$
052 follow-up statements
130
WGUS71 KRLX 150016
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
816 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
OHC009-105-115-167-150045-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110515T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-WASHINGTON OH-
816 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN...CENTRAL
MEIGS AND EASTERN ATHENS COUNTIES...
AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. NO FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR. HOWEVER...WITH
RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THESE STORMS...FLASH
FLOODING CAN STILL BE EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHESTERHILL
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3933 8206 3951 8195 3955 8182 3944 8180
3915 8180 3901 8207
$$
05111
WGUS71 KRLX 150048
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
848 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
OHC009-105-115-167-150054-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110515T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-WASHINGTON OH-
848 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN...CENTRAL MEIGS AND
EASTERN ATHENS COUNTIES...
RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED. THUS...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 845 PM.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3933 8206 3951 8195 3955 8182 3944 8180
3915 8180 3901 8207
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Meigs | 72 min |
| May 14, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 25 min |
| May 14, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton and 1 more | 88 min |
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.