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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2021, 4:54 PM EDT for Carter County, Greenup 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
- Jun 10, 2021, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
357
WGUS51 KRLX 102054
FFWRLX
KYC043-089-110000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0024.210610T2054Z-210611T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
454 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Carter County in northeastern Kentucky...
Southwestern Greenup County in northeastern Kentucky...
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 454 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 4 inches in 1
hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch or more are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Oldtown, Gesling, Greenbo Lake, Carter, Warnock, Brushart and
Hopewell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report Severe Weather to the National Weather Service by
calling toll free, 800 401 9535, when you can do so safely. You may
also report severe weather by posting your report to the Charleston
West Virginia National Weather Service Facebook Page, or by using
the Twitter Hashtag, NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3850 8317 3851 8317 3851 8316 3852 8316
3852 8315 3853 8315 3853 8282 3842 8281
3836 8298 3843 8323 3844 8321 3845 8321
3845 8320 3846 8320 3847 8319 3848 8319
3849 8319 3850 8319 3850 8318
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
JZ1 follow-up statement
289
WGUS71 KRLX 110005
FFSRLX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
805 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
KYC043-089-110015-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210611T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Carter KY-Greenup KY-
805 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHERN CARTER AND
SOUTHWESTERN GREENUP COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT Friday for
portions of northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio and West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3850 8317 3851 8317 3851 8316 3852 8316
3852 8315 3853 8315 3853 8282 3842 8281
3836 8298 3843 8323 3844 8321 3845 8321
3845 8320 3846 8320 3847 8319 3848 8319
3849 8319 3850 8319 3850 8318
$$
JZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 9:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 36 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter | 4 hr |
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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.