Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 2016, 7:33 AM EST for Lawrence County, Kentucky; Wayne County, West Virginia. 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
- Feb 3, 2016, 7:33 AM EST (12:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 10:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lawrence County, KY, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:34 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
276
WGUS51 KRLX 031233
FFWRLX
KYC127-WVC099-031530-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0001.160203T1233Z-160203T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
733 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1030 AM EST
* AT 730 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. KENTUCKY ROUTE 32...WEST OF
LOUISA...IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY. IN
ADDITION...SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
THE HEAVY RAINS THAT PRODUCED THE FLASH FLOODING HAVE MOVED OFF TO
THE NORTHEAST. HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE
ACROSS WARNED AREA THROUGH 930 AM.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LOUISA...BLAINE...YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...FORT GAY...CHARLEY...
ULYSSES...MARTHA...GALLUP...GLENHAYES...BUCHANAN...CLIFFORD AND
FALLSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
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 3825 8272 3827 8262 3826 8261 3795 8247
3795 8250 3796 8253 3795 8258 3793 8258
3793 8259 3791 8260 3788 8264 3793 8277
3797 8283 3800 8294
$$
092 follow-up statements
853
WGUS71 KRLX 031424
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
924 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016
KYC127-WVC099-031530-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE WV-
924 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EST FOR
LAWRENCE AND SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
AT 920 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED THE RAIN THAT CAUSED THE FLASH FLOODING
HAD PUSHED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED OLD LICK CREEK ROAD...ROUTE 32 AND GREENBRIER ROAD REMAINED
CLOSED TO HIGH WATER.
THE WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LOUISA...BLAINE...YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...FORT GAY...CHARLEY...
ULYSSES...MARTHA...GALLUP...GLENHAYES...BUCHANAN...CLIFFORD AND FALLSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3825 8272 3827 8262 3826 8261 3795 8247
3795 8250 3796 8253 3795 8258 3793 8258
3793 8259 3791 8260 3788 8264 3793 8277
3797 8283 3800 8294
$$
09311
WGUS71 KRLX 031529
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1029 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016
KYC127-WVC099-031535-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE WV-
1029 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAWRENCE AND SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 AM EST...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT A FEW ROADS REMAIN
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. THE FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING AND
THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3825 8272 3827 8262 3826 8261 3795 8247
3795 8250 3796 8253 3795 8258 3793 8258
3793 8259 3791 8260 3788 8264 3793 8277
3797 8283 3800 8294
$$
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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.