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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Charleston, WV

July 13, 2015Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2015, 4:30 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 13, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 7:30 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), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 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.

574 
WGUS51 KRLX 132030
FFWRLX
KYC127-132330-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0039.150713T2030Z-150713T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
430 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
    
* AT 429 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BLAINE AND MARTHA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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 3803 8300 3804 8300 3804 8299 3805 8298
      3805 8296 3808 8293 3793 8272 3792 8275
      3797 8283 3800 8294 3800 8296 3796 8299
      3797 8302 3799 8303

$$

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2 follow-up statements

951 
WGUS71 KRLX 132208
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
608 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

KYC127-132330-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150713T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE KY-
608 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...

AT 607 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER AS RUNOFF WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH CREEKS 
AND STREAMS...FLOODING IS STILL EXPECTED.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BLAINE AND MARTHA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD 
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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 3803 8300 3804 8300 3804 8299 3805 8298
      3805 8296 3808 8293 3793 8272 3792 8275
      3797 8283 3800 8294 3800 8296 3796 8299
      3797 8302 3799 8303

$$

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285 
WGUS71 KRLX 132323
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
723 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

KYC127-132331-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150713T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE KY-
723 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MOTORIST SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED 
FOR DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS. 

LAT...LON 3803 8300 3804 8300 3804 8299 3805 8298
      3805 8296 3808 8293 3793 8272 3792 8275
      3797 8283 3800 8294 3800 8296 3796 8299
      3797 8302 3799 8303

$$

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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 13, 2:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence	32 hr
Jul 13, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence	81 min
Jul 13, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	46 min
Jul 13, 4:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Carter	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2015 Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.