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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Charleston, WV

July 4, 2000Boyd County, Carter County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2000, 5:03 PM EDT for Boyd County, Carter County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2000, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2000, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2000-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 770 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
770 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 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 
WGUS51 KRLX 042104
FFWRLX
KYC019-043-042145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
503 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

* AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CARTER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  EAST OF GRAYSON.  THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF
  RAINFALL SINCE 330 PM.

.

<<CALL TO ACTION>> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW
YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 3831 8289 3826 8281 3831 8272 3834 8278

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.