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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 3, 201612 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood watch at Jul 3, 2016, 4:02 AM EDT for 12 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jul 4, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2016, 4:02 AM EDT (08:02 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 4, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 4, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Flood severity
None
All 29 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 380 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.