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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 25, 2002Carroll County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2002, 4:51 PM EDT for Carroll County, Kentucky. It was in force for 99 min. 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 25, 2002, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
99 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2002-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 921 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 2002-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
921 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 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 KILN 252051
FFWILN
KYC041-252230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
449 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

*  DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM OVER
   CARROLLTON.  3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS CARROLL
   COUNTY IN THE LAST HOUR.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY
   TO FALL OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...
  CARROLLTON...

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.

$$

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.