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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV

June 4, 2014Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky; Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2014, 5:34 PM EDT for Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky; Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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: Jun 4, 2014, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Boyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 6:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Se Aid, OH	WATER FROM MCKINNEY CREEK OVER COUNTY ROAD 36 IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
Jun 4, 6:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 Ene Coal Grove, OH	WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 6 NEAR ROCK CAMP.
Jun 4, 6:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 Ene Coal Grove, OH	WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 6 NEAR ROCK CAMP FROM ICE CREEK.
Jun 4, 8:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ne Aid, OH	FLOODING ACROSS STATE ROUTE 141 AT MILE MARKERS 16.9 AND 17.7 AND STATE ROUTE 775 AT MILE MARKER 15.7. ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

418 
WGUS51 KRLX 042134
FFWRLX
KYC019-089-OHC087-050030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0013.140604T2134Z-140605T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
534 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CANNONSBURG...ASHLAND...
  GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAKE VESUVIUS...IRONTON...COAL
  GROVE...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 524 PM EDT...ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 
ARE LIKELY EARLY THIS EVENING.  RAINS OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN 
HOUR WILL CAUSE VULNERABLE STREAMS TO FLOOD.  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
PEDRO...AID...LOAD...AND SUMMIT.

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.

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.

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 3851 8317 3860 8306 3872 8303 3875 8293
      3874 8287 3859 8284 3859 8276 3868 8277
      3885 8265 3884 8258 3878 8258 3877 8248
      3869 8247 3867 8235 3859 8236 3858 8229
      3844 8234 3842 8259 3830 8262 3839 8296

$$

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1 follow-up statement

228 
WGUS71 KRLX 042342
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
742 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014

KYC019-089-OHC087-050030-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140605T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOYD KY-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE OH-
742 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
GREENUP AND BOYD COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...AND LAWRENCE COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO...

THROUGH 730 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN OVER CENTRAL 
LAWRENCE COUNTY. SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING HAD SOME ROADS CLOSED. 
WITH ADDITIONAL DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL SMALL
STREAMS MAY FLOOD THIS EVENING..   

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED PEDRO...ROCK 
CAMP...LOAD...SUMMIT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

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 3851 8317 3860 8306 3872 8303 3875 8293
      3874 8287 3859 8284 3859 8276 3868 8277
      3885 8265 3884 8258 3878 8258 3877 8248
      3869 8247 3867 8235 3859 8236 3858 8229
      3844 8234 3842 8259 3830 8262 3839 8296

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 12:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Greenup	23 min
Jun 4, 12:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence	17 hr
Jun 4, 12:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Greenup	39 min
Jun 4, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	24 min
Jun 4, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	45 min
Jun 4, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	43 min
Jun 4, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence	26 min
Jun 4, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Carter	38 min
Jun 4, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Lawrence	40 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2014 Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2014 Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.