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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2013, 5:28 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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 6, 2013, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2013, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lawrence County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
375 WGUS51 KRLX 062128 FFWRLX KYC127-070030- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0021.130706T2128Z-130707T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 528 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM TRAINING SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES ONE AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO TWO INCHES. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FALLSBURG. THE BLAINE CREEK AND LITTLE BLAINE CREEK BASINS WOULD BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. PERSONS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM STREAM BANKS...SWIFT FLOWING WATER AND CULVERTS. STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY! PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX. && LAT...LON 3821 8271 3820 8262 3796 8273 3798 8282 $$ 30
2 follow-up statements
536 WGUS71 KRLX 062314 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 714 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013 KYC127-070030- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130707T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LAWRENCE KY- 714 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CHARLESTON. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX. && LAT...LON 3821 8271 3820 8262 3796 8273 3798 8282 $$ 30
935 WGUS71 KRLX 070015 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 815 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013 KYC127-070025- /O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130707T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LAWRENCE KY- 815 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... 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...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX. LAT...LON 3821 8271 3820 8262 3796 8273 3798 8282 $$ 30
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 29 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd, Lawrence | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Lawrence | 3 hr |
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.