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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

December 13, 2007Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky; Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Dec 13, 2007, 7:46 AM EST for Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky; Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 13, 2007, 7:46 AM EST (12:46 UTC)
Expired
Dec 13, 2007, 9:45 AM EST
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2007-12-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-12-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 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 131250
FFWRLX
KYC043-089-OHC087-131445-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0004.071213T1246Z-071213T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
746 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLIVE HILL...GRAYSON LAKE STATE
  PARK...GRAYSON...CARTER CAVES STATE PARK...
  GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PROCTORVILLE...LAKE VESUVIUS...
  IRONTON...COAL GROVE...CHESAPEAKE...

* UNTIL 945 AM EST

* AT 742 AM EST...RADAR AND IFLOWS GAGES INDICATED UP TO AN INCH OF 
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST HOUR AND MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED.  THIS 
RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID RISE ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND CAUSE 
BACKUPS ON POOR STORM DRAIN AREAS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NAPLES...  
OLDTOWN...LOAD...LETITIA...GREENBO LAKE...GESLING AND GREENUP.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3835 8323 3872 8301 3875 8288 3858 8282
      3875 8266 3884 8265 3884 8257 3878 8258
      3867 8237 3857 8229 3843 8234 3840 8257
      3850 8267 3846 8275 3820 8284 3819 8305
      3827 8317 3821 8328 3823 8330 3833 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 1246Z 180DEG 0KT 3835 8307

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 9:44 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup3 hr
Dec 13, 12:07 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup3 hr
Dec 13, 8:11 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRLXAthens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Morgan, Vinton and 1 more4 hr
Dec 13, 8:11 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRLXAthens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Morgan, Vinton and 1 more4 hr
Dec 13, 4:24 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLXMeigs6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2007Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.