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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Charleston, WV

May 15, 1996Carter County, Elliott County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 1996, 11:21 PM EDT for Carter County, Elliott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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
May 15, 1996, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1996, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carter County, KY, Elliott County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 1996-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 311 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 160324
FFWCRW
KYC043-063-115-127-159-160700-
 
BULLETIN
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1121 PM EDT WED MAY 15 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD
WARNING ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING TILL 300 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...CARTER COUNTY...ELLIOTT COUNTY...JOHNSON COUNTY
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...MARTIN COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS HAS PUSHED MANY SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS TO BANKFUL OR PUSHING OUT OF THIER BANKS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING
PROBLEMS FOR THESE AREAS.
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoyd, Greenup
May 15, 11:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJohnson, Lawrence, Martin4 hr
May 16, 1:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoyd, Greenup4 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.