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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 30, 2016Lewis County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2016, 1:15 AM EDT for Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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: May 30, 2016, 1:15 AM EDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2016, 5:15 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Lewis County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:17 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 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 1245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.8

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The text

As transmitted.

042 
WGUS51 KILN 300515
FFWILN
KYC135-300915-
/O.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0003.160530T0515Z-160530T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
115 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 515 AM EDT.

* AT 114 AM EDT...RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT
  THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE AREA. UP TO TWO
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN AN HOUR. RAIN CONTINUES TO
  FALL WITH ANOTHER 1 INCH POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE
  RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  VANCEBURG...CAMP DIX...TOLLESBORO...ROME...RIBOLT AND GLEN SPRINGS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND
SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 8364 3861 8362 3867 8347 3867 8341
      3866 8336 3863 8332 3861 8332 3860 8330
      3863 8325 3862 8321 3862 8315 3850 8318
      3849 8319 3847 8319 3845 8320

$$

2 follow-up statements

626 
WGUS71 KILN 300723
FFSILN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
323 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2016

KYC135-300915-
/O.CON.KILN.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160530T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEWIS KY-
323 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 515 AM EDT...

AT 322 AM EDT...RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE AREA. UP TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED
ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAIN
WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VANCEBURG...CAMP DIX...TOLLESBORO...ROME...RIBOLT AND GLEN SPRINGS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND
SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 8364 3861 8362 3867 8347 3867 8341
      3866 8336 3863 8332 3861 8332 3860 8330
      3863 8325 3862 8321 3862 8315 3850 8318
      3849 8319 3847 8319 3845 8320

$$

356 
WGUS71 KILN 300906
FFSILN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
506 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2016

KYC135-300916-
/O.EXP.KILN.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160530T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEWIS KY-
506 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 AM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT.

PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMITTING YOUR REPORT
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

LAT...LON 3852 8364 3861 8362 3867 8347 3867 8341
      3866 8336 3863 8332 3861 8332 3860 8330
      3863 8325 3862 8321 3862 8315 3850 8318
      3849 8319 3847 8319 3845 8320

$$

NOVAK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 11:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Lewis	4 hr
May 30, 12:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Lewis	4 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.