Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2003, 8:44 PM EDT for Greenup 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
- Jul 9, 2003, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2003, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greenup County, KY
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 907 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRLX 100045 FFWRLX KYC089-100245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 844 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 1045 PM EDT... * AT 840 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWEST GREENUP COUNTY MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE GREENUP...SOUTH SHORE AND OLDTOWN. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS. --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. --CALL TO ACTION-- BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. $$ HC
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRLX 100223 FFSRLX KYC089-100245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1021 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREENUP COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM EDT... AT 945 PM EDT...THE GREENUP COUNTY WARNING POINT REPORTED A FUNERAL HOME IN SOUTH SHORE HAD BEEN FLOODED AND SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES WERE BEING THREATENED. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 11 PM. STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY STILL BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. $$ HC
000 WGUS71 KRLX 100247 FFSRLX KYC089-100315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1042 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREENUP COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. AT 958 PM EDT...THE GREENUP COUNTY WARNING POINT REPORTED A FUNERAL HOME IN SOUTH SHORE WAS FLOODED AND SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES WERE BEING THREATENED. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED...LIGHT RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 11:30 PM. STREAMS AND SMALL CREEKS WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE BUT COULD STILL BE HAZARDOUS. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. $$ HC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenup | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 32 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.