River Flood Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Apr 16, 2011, 11:39 AM EDT (15:39 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 16, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT

Expired

Apr 16, 2011, 2:01 PM EDT

In force

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:40 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.

Written for the forecast point Little Sandy River at Grayson (GYNK2).

Action stage

19 ft

Minor stage

21 ft

Moderate stage

25 ft

Major stage

28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03216500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

968 
WGUS41 KRLX 161539
FLWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
RIVER FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON  WV
1139 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WV HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS... LITTLE SANDY RIVER...


AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...CARTER...GREENUP.

HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING ARE CAUSING RAPID RISES
ON THE LITTLE SANDY RIVER. FLOODING IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY ALONG 
THE LITTLE SANDY RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND AND DON'T DROWN.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY. MOST DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
TRY CROSSING FLOODED ROADS.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

&&

KYC043-089-170339-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FL.W.0013.110416T1900Z-110417T1800Z/
/GYNK2.1.ER.110416T1900Z.110417T0000Z.110417T1200Z.NO/
1139 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WV HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE LITTLE SANDY RIVER AT GRAYSON.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 11:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.9 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO BETWEEN 21.5 AND 22.5 FEET BY THIS EVENING.
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY MORNING.
* AT STAGES NEAR 21.0 FEET...MOSTLY FARMLAND, A FEW OUT BUILDINGS, AND
  LOW SPOTS ON ROADS ALONG RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF GRAYSON, START TO
  FLOOD.
* 

$$

675 
WGUS81 KRLX 161801
FLSRLX
RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON  WV 
201 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...LITTLE 
SANDY RIVER.
  AT GRAYSON...
 
 AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...CARTER...GREENUP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND AND DON'T DROWN.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY. MOST DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
TRY CROSSING FLOODED ROADS.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

&&

KYC043-089-161831-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110417T1800Z/
/GYNK2.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
201 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE LITTLE SANDY RIVER AT GRAYSON.
* AT  1:00 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE WITH A VALUE 
  BETWEEN 19 AND 20 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. 
* 
* 

$$

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.