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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, OH
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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
$$
HICKMAN2 follow-up statements
454
WGUS71 KILN 022316
FFSILN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
716 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016
KYC023-030030-
/O.CON.KILN.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160603T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRACKEN KY-
716 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BRACKEN COUNTY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT...
AT 714 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD
PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE
EAST. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN SINCE 6 PM EDT. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING
EAST...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO
POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
BRACKEN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND
SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3855 8421 3856 8421 3857 8420 3860 8420
3860 8421 3867 8421 3867 8406 3860 8408
3857 8411
$$
HICKMAN010
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
$$
HICKMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mason, Robertson | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason, Robertson | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Lewis | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 12:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Lewis | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 95 min |
| Jun 2, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Campbell | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Bracken | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Bracken, Mason | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Mason | 116 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.