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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 2, 2016Bracken County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2016, 6:37 PM EDT for Bracken County, Kentucky. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2016, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Bracken County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

636 
WGUS51 KILN 022237
FFWILN
KYC023-030030-
/O.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0007.160602T2237Z-160603T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
637 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BRACKEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.

* AT 635 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL WITH ANOTHER INCH
  POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
  WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.

* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
  BRACKEN COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

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 3855 8421 3856 8421 3857 8420 3860 8420
      3860 8421 3867 8421 3867 8406 3860 8408
      3857 8411

$$

HICKMAN
2 follow-up statements
454 
WGUS71 KILN 022316
FFSILN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
716 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

KYC023-030030-
/O.CON.KILN.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160603T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRACKEN KY-
716 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BRACKEN COUNTY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT...

AT 714 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD
PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE
EAST. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN SINCE 6 PM EDT. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING
EAST...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO
POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT. 

FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
BRACKEN COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

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 3855 8421 3856 8421 3857 8420 3860 8420
      3860 8421 3867 8421 3867 8406 3860 8408
      3857 8411

$$

HICKMAN
010 
WGUS71 KILN 030023
FFSILN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
823 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

KYC023-030032-
/O.EXP.KILN.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160603T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRACKEN KY-
823 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BRACKEN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING. FLASH 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 3855 8421 3856 8421 3857 8420 3860 8420
      3860 8421 3867 8421 3867 8406 3860 8408
      3857 8411

$$

HICKMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMason, Robertson37 min
Jun 1, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMason, Robertson27 min
Jun 1, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLewis31 min
Jun 2, 12:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNLewis3 hr
Jun 2, 1:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNLewis, Mason95 min
Jun 2, 3:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchILNBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more5 hr
Jun 2, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCampbell25 min
Jun 2, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBracken2 hr
Jun 2, 7:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBracken, Mason2 hr
Jun 2, 7:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNMason116 min

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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.