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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV

May 17, 2001Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky; Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2001, 1:16 AM EDT for Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky; Lawrence County, Ohio. 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
May 17, 2001, 1:16 AM EDT (05:16 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2001, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2001-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 880 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 2001-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 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
880 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
15.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 170517
FFWRLX
KYC019-089-OHC087-170815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
116 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 415 AM EDT...

* RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE WARNING AREA
  DURING THE EVENING. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY...BUT    
  RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN HAS CAUSED STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND 
  FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON SEVERAL CREEKS.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE LAKE VESUVIUS...
  IRONTON...COAL GROVE...GREENUP...CANNONSBURG AND ASHLAND.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3882 8264 3862 8277 3872 8296 3854 8314
          3843 829n6 3837 8279 3827 8278 3829 8260

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Meigs36 min
May 17, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens36 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2001Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.