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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Charleston, WV

June 5, 2001Boyd County, Carter County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2001, 5:58 PM EDT for Boyd County, Carter 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 5, 2001, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2001, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2001-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 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 052157
FFWRLX
KYC019-043-060100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
558 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

* AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER GRAYSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATED THAT 
  SOME LOCATIONS EAST OF GRAYSON HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES
  OF RAINFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF. 

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE CATLETTSBURG...
  CANNONSBURG AND ASHLAND.

<<CALL TO ACTION>> A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD
TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY
FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY
AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3829 8305 3821 8283 3824 8281 3824 8275
          3827 8270 3826 8258 3846 8261 3849 8269
          3845 8276 3837 8283 3841 8300

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 4:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLawrence3 hr

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.