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Flash Flood Warning 102, NWS Charleston, WV

June 2, 1997Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1997, 8:49 PM EDT for 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
Jun 2, 1997, 8:49 PM EDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1997, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 1997-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 477 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 1997-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
477 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 030048
FFWCRW
KYC127-030345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
849 PM EDT MON JUN 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 845 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN IN
THE LAST HOUR OVER LAWRENCE COUNTY AROUND THE YATESVILLE LAKE AREA AND
IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AROUND ZELDA AND KINNER.
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH
FLOODING IS OBSERVEHD...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
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
Jun 3, 5:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLawrence2 hr
Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLawrence2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.