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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 6:27 AM EST for Boyd County, Carter County, Lawrence 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
- Mar 1, 1997, 6:27 AM EST (11:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1997, 9:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Lawrence County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:28 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 011130 FFWCRW KYC019-043-127-011430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 627 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN EAST KENTUCKY ...BOYD COUNTY...CARTER COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 627 AM EST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL IN LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY WERE REPORTING WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AROUND LOUISA. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE ALSO RISING QUICKLY AND ARE STARTING TO CLOSE OFF SOME ROADWAYS. BOYD AND CARTER COUNTIES HAVE ALSO RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER AN INCH IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. 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 RISIN G. BELK &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 4:45 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
KYZ102-103-011300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 445 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE CHARLESTON RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES ARE INDICATING DOWNPOURS OCCURRING FROM THE STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS THIS MORNING AND PONDING OF WATER ON SOME OF THE ROADWAYS. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. END/WHITEHEAD
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 4:45 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
KYZ102-103-011300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 445 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...HEAVY RAIN ACROSS BOYD AND CARTER COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... THE CHARLESTON RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES ARE INDICATING DOWNPOURS OCCURRING FROM THE STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS THIS MORNING AND PONDING OF WATER ON SOME OF THE ROADWAYS. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. END/WHITEHEAD CORRECTED...TO ADD THE COUNTIES...
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 4:49 AM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KYZ102-103-011300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 445 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...HEAVY RAIN ACROSS BOYD AND CARTER COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... THE CHARLESTON RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES ARE INDICATING DOWNPOURS OCCURRING FROM THE STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS THIS MORNING AND PONDING OlF WATER ON SOME OF THE ROADWAYS. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. END/WHITEHEAD CORRECTED...TO ADD THE COUNTIES...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 9:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 26 min |
Nearby
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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.