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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Charleston, WV

July 19, 2002Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2002, 1:11 PM EDT for Lawrence 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 19, 2002, 1:11 PM EDT (17:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2002, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County Lawrence County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -2 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 191711
FFWRLX
KYC127-192000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
108 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

* AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE COUNTY FROM THE WEST.  UP 
TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN DURING THE MORNING 
HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE 
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  THESE MAY CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO 
RISE RAPIDLY OUT OF THEIR BANKS...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST CENTRAL AND 
SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY WHICH RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINS 
EARLIER.   

--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...WHEN YOU CAN DO
SO SAFELY.

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS71 KRLX 191921
FFSRLX
KYC127-191945-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
320 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD OUT OF 
NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.  AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL LATE THIS 
MORNING...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS HAVE LESSENED THIS AFTERNOON.  
THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND 
EVENING.  SOME MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS
OR UPDATES.

--- 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 IMMEDIATELY.

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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.