Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Mar 20, 2002, 5:52 AM EST for Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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
- Mar 20, 2002, 5:52 AM EST (10:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2002, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lewis County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KILN 201052 FFWILN KYC135-201300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 551 AM EST WED MAR 20 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LEWIS COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 800 AM EST... * AT 550 AM...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER LEWIS COUNTY. AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT PARTS OF SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN SINCE 3 AM. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 7 AM. THIS WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE... CAMP DIX... HEAD OF GRASSY... TOLLESBORO... VANCEBURG... 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. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 8:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 117 min |
| Mar 20, 8:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 113 min |
| Mar 20, 8:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 112 min |
| Mar 20, 10:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 116 min |
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.