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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Charleston, WV

July 27, 2012Carter County, Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2012, 2:43 AM EDT for Carter County, Lawrence 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2012, 2:43 AM EDT (06:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2012, 4:45 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Carter County, KY, Lawrence County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:46 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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 317 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: 376 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

607 
WGUS51 KRLX 270643
FFWRLX
KYC043-127-270845-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0027.120727T0643Z-120727T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
243 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...

* UNTIL 445 AM EDT

* AT 235 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     
  FLOODING FROM REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. MANY    
  ROADS IN THE AREA ARE EXPERIENCING FLASH FLOODING...INCLUDING BUT  
  NOT LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 182...ROUTE 2...AND CARTER CAVES ROAD. LAW  
  ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORTS THAT MOBILE HOMES HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARTERS    
  CAVE...TYGARTS CREEK...AND WEBBVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CHARLESTON.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3824 8301 3824 8265 3809 8265 3809 8293
      3811 8290 3813 8291 3817 8292 3817 8298

$$

50

2 follow-up statements

542 
WGUS71 KRLX 270700
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
300 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

KYC043-127-270845-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120727T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE KY-CARTER KY-
300 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CARTER AND NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN
KENTUCKY...

AT 253 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA FROM REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS. ROADS 
EXPERIENCING FLOODING INCLUDE BUT MAY NOT BE LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 1 
AND HIGHWAY 3 NORTH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEBBVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CHARLESTON.

TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3824 8301 3824 8265 3809 8265 3809 8293
      3811 8290 3813 8291 3817 8292 3817 8298

$$

50

940 
WGUS71 KRLX 270853
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
453 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

KYC043-127-270901-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120727T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE KY-CARTER KY-
453 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARTER AND
NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...

HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED AND WATERS ARE 
RECEDING...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS 
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STREAMS AND CREEKS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEDE AND 
NO LONGER POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL EXERCISE 
CAUTION AS WATER OR DEBRIS COULD STILL BE ON ROADWAYS. 

TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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

LAT...LON 3824 8301 3824 8265 3809 8265 3809 8293
      3811 8290 3813 8291 3817 8292 3817 8298

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 12:53 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Carter, Greenup	112 min
Jul 27, 1:03 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Carter, Lawrence	117 min
Jul 27, 2:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Carter, Greenup	111 min
Jul 27, 4:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Carter, Greenup	113 min
Jul 27, 11:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence	14 hr
Jul 27, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Greenup	29 min

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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.