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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Nov 9, 1986, 2:48 AM EST for Breathitt County, Knott County, Perry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 9, 1986, 2:48 AM EST (07:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 1986, 6:45 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Breathitt County, KY, Knott County, KY, Perry 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 090748
FFWJKL
KYC025-119-193-091145-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
248 AM EST SUN NOV 9 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
..BREATHITT..KNOTT..PERRY
AT 245 THIS MORNING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS
PERRY..BREATHITT AND KNOTT COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STATE
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTS HIGHWAY 1098..IN THE SOUTH FORK AREA OF
BREATHITT COUNTY IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN PERRY AND KNOTT
COUNTIES THE SMALLER CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT BANKFULL AND ANY
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
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 MOVE 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, 10:06 PM EST, 4 hours 42 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, 3 hours 40 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, 1:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 4 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Leslie | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.