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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Charleston, WV

July 27, 2012Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2012, 2:54 AM EDT for Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 111 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2012, 2:54 AM EDT (06:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2012, 4:45 AM EDT
In force: 111 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:56 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 27, 4:10 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 W Carter Caves State, KY	2 ADULTS AND 9 DOGS RESCUED ON KY 1025
Jul 27, 4:15 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nw Carter Caves State, KY	WATER RESCUES ALONG JORDAN FORK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 340 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: 97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

311 
WGUS51 KRLX 270654
FFWRLX
KYC043-089-270845-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0028.120727T0654Z-120727T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLIVE HILL...GRAYSON...CARTER CAVES
  STATE PARK...
  SOUTHERN GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 445 AM EDT

* AT 244 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     
  FLOODING FROM REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 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...OLDTOWN...GREENBO LAKE AND GESLING

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 3842 8324 3845 8322 3847 8319 3850 8319
      3854 8314 3854 8312 3855 8285 3828 8284
      3828 8325

$$

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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, 2:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Carter, Lawrence	2 hr
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

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2012 Every flash flood warning in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.