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Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Charleston, WV

July 8, 2001Carter County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2001, 9:57 PM EDT for 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
Jul 8, 2001, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2001, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Carter County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2001-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1437 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 2001-07-09The 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
1437 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
6.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 090201
FFWRLX

KYC043-090500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
957 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT...

* AT 912 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER CARTER COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE OLIVE HILL AND GRAYSON.

<<CALL TO ACTION>> EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

<<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.

$$

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.