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Flash Flood Warning 116, NWS Charleston, WV

July 31, 1996Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 1996, 7:52 AM EDT for Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 1996, 7:52 AM EDT (11:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1996, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 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 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 00:00Z on 1996-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 881 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 311155
FFWCRW
KYC019-089-311500-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
752 AM EDT WED JUL 31 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON IS CONTINUING A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...BOYD COUNTY...GREENUP COUNTY
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE INDICATED BETWEEN 3.00 TO 6.00
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS BOYD AND GREENUP COUNTIES. THE RAIN HAS
ENDED BUT THE RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS IS CONINUING TO RUN INTO STREAMS
AND CREEKS.  THEREFORE, THE WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
END/SIKORA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 4:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.