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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV

June 2, 2016Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2016, 7:53 PM EDT for Perry 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2016, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Perry County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

509 
WGUS51 KRLX 022353
FFWRLX
OHC127-030245-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0013.160602T2353Z-160603T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
753 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 752 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF
  RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CROOKSVILLE AND GLENFORD. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3991 8217 3982 8217 3982 8208 3978 8207
      3977 8208 3979 8220 3985 8237 3992 8236

$$

COOPER
1 follow-up statement
931 
WGUS71 KRLX 030132
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
932 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

OHC127-030245-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160603T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PERRY OH-
932 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY...

AT 931 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING MAY BE
ONGOING OR BEGIN SOON.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GLENFORD.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS
AROUND HUNTINGTON. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREAS FOR FLOODING ARE THE
RAILROAD VIADUCTS AT 1ST...8TH...10TH...16TH AND 20TH STREETS. IN
ADDITION...THE RAILROAD VIADUCT AT 14TH STREET WEST MAY FLOOD.
FLOODING MAY ALSO BE OCCURRING ALONG 5TH AVENUE BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH
STREETS.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3991 8218 3991 8217 3982 8217 3984 8233
      3985 8236 3985 8237 3986 8237 3992 8236

$$

COOPER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 12:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence91 min
Jun 2, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXGallia, Lawrence, Meigs72 min
Jun 2, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan59 min
Jun 2, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan45 min
Jun 2, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry56 min
Jun 2, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry61 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.