Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Nov 9, 1986, 1:43 AM EST for Knox County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 9, 1986, 1:43 AM EST (06:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 1986, 5:45 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knox County, KY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KJKL 090643
FFWJKL
KYC121-091045-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
143 AM EST SUN NOV 9 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
..KNOX
AT 145 AM HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF KNOX COUNTY.
CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE ALREADY SWOLLEN TO BANKFULL AND ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS ACROSS KNOX COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF
BARBOURVILLE. HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE,
ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER QMOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 8:20 PM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 820 PM EST SAT NOV 8 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 820 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE COALFIELDS. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING ACROSS THE THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MORGAN COUNTY. MANY OF THE SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN MORGAN COUNTY ARE APPROACHING BANKFULL STAGE. IN MAGOFFIN COUNTY WERE LIGHT RAIN IS CONTINUING..SOME MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. THE WEATHER RADAR AT JACKSON SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON TO JUST NORTH OF LONDON. THESE THUNDER/ STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND RESULTING IN RAPID RUN-OFF CAUSING FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ADDINGTON
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 10:06 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1005 PM EST SAT NOV 8 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MORGAN AND MAGOFFIN COUNTIES...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 1005PM EST...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ...WITH HEAVY RAIN FALL...WAS FROM CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY TO NEAR NASHVILLE TENNESSEE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALL WAS IN MORGAN AND MAGOFFIN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. IF YOU ARE IN THESE FLOOD AREAS YOU SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. YOU SHOULD TUNE FREQUENTLY TO THIS WEATHER RADIO STATION OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. RUSSELL
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 11:08 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1105 PM EST SAT NOV 8 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MORGAN...MAGOFFIN AND FLOYD COUNTIES...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 1105 PM EST...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ...WITH HEAVY RAIN FALL...WAS FROM CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY TO NEAR NASHVILLE TENNESSEE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALL WAS IN MORGAN...MAGOFFIN AND FLOYD COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. IF YOU ARE IN THESE FLOOD AREAS YOU SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. YOU SHOULD TUNE FREQUENTLY TO THIS WEATHER RADIO STATION OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 9:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 10:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd | 4 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Perry | 4 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Leslie | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986
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.