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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 18, 2012, 11:28 PM EDT for Athens County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2012, 11:28 PM EDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Athens County, OH, Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 967 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
130
WGUS51 KRLX 190328
FFWRLX
OHC009-163-190530-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0011.120319T0328Z-120319T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1128 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NELSONVILLE...GLOUSTER...COOLVILLE...
ATHENS...
NORTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 1121 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF ATHENS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE SUNSET DUE TO A SERIES
OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH. THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN IS
MOVING OUT OF THE AREA...BUT SOME STEAMS ARE COMING OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3955 8205 3946 8206 3945 8186 3932 8185
3930 8182 3927 8181 3927 8172 3922 8172
3918 8176 3919 8199 3938 8238 3940 8236
3939 8229 3948 8228 3948 8217 3956 8216
$$2 follow-up statements
840
WGUS71 KRLX 190433
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1233 AM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
OHC009-163-190530-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120319T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATHENS OH-VINTON OH-
1233 AM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN VINTON AND ATHENS COUNTIES...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED
THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER IN THE NIGHT WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CHARLESTON.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3955 8205 3946 8206 3945 8186 3932 8185
3930 8182 3927 8181 3927 8172 3922 8172
3918 8176 3919 8199 3938 8238 3940 8236
3939 8229 3948 8228 3948 8217 3956 8216
$$446
WGUS71 KRLX 190529
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
129 AM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
OHC009-163-190539-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120319T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATHENS OH-VINTON OH-
129 AM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
VINTON AND ATHENS COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STREAMS AND
CREEKS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEDE AND NO LONGER POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
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 3955 8205 3946 8206 3945 8186 3932 8185
3930 8182 3927 8181 3927 8172 3922 8172
3918 8176 3919 8199 3938 8238 3940 8236
3939 8229 3948 8228 3948 8217 3956 8216
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Perry | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Perry | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Perry, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 2:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens | 71 min |
| Mar 19, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 36 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.