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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2011, 9:34 PM EDT for Athens County, Morgan County, Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 116 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2011, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2011, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Athens County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 9:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Glouster, OH | JACKSONVILLE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Jul 3, 9:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Burr Oak State Park, OH | SR 329 AT MILE MARKER 2 CLOSED DUE TO ADJACENT CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
577 WGUS51 KRLX 040134 FFWRLX OHC009-115-127-040330- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0034.110704T0134Z-110704T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 934 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GLOUSTER... SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO... SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO... * UNTIL 1130 PM EDT * AT 927 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CONGRESS RUN...TRIMBLE...BURR OAK STATE PARK AND CORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3962 8214 3957 8190 3941 8196 3944 8214 $$ 25
2 follow-up statements
114 WGUS71 KRLX 040228 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1028 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 OHC009-115-127-040330- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110704T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-PERRY OH- 1028 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTIES... AT 1023 PM EDT...HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER THE AREA...WHICH WILL CAUSE STREAMS TO CONTINUE TO RISE. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT JACKSONVILLE ROAD NEAR GLOUSTER WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CONGRESS RUN...TRIMBLE...BURR OAK STATE PARK AND CORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3962 8214 3957 8190 3941 8196 3944 8214 $$ 25
314 WGUS71 KRLX 040329 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1129 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 OHC009-115-127-040335- /O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110704T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-PERRY OH- 1129 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTIES... THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THIS EVENING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA AND THE SMALLER CREEKS ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE BIGGER CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE OVERNIGHT AND SOME LOW LYING AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME MINOR FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ALONG SUNDAY CREEK. 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 3962 8214 3957 8190 3941 8196 3944 8214 $$ 30
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens | 23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.