Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 1989, 12:25 AM EDT for Letcher County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1989, 12:25 AM EDT (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1989, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Letcher 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJKL 270426
FFWJKL
KYC133-270830-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1225 AM EDT THU APR 27 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
...LETCHER INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHITESBURG AND JENKINS
HEAVY RAINS HAD PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN LETCHER COUNTY THIS
EVENING. SEVERAL STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND THAT WILL
RESULT IN MORE FLOODING. THE SHERIFF OFFICE IN WHITESBURG REPORTED
THAT WATER WAS OVER HIGHWAY 23 IN WHITESBURG. THE HIGH WATER WAS
THREATENING A DAMN ON CRAFT CALLY CREEK.
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 ROAnDWAY. 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, Apr 26, 6:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 630 PM EDT WED APR 26 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 620 PM...SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE COALFIELDS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN KNOTT COUNTY 15 MILES EAST OF HAZARD. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER PIKE COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIKEVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER KNOTT COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO LETCHER COUNTY BY 700 PM WHILE THE STORM OVER PIKE COUNTY MOVES INTO VIRGINIA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE RAMIANDER OF THE COALFIELDS THROUGH 730 PM. SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TO A STRONG REINFORCED BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 7:27 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 730 PM EDT WED APR 26 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 720 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER LETCHER COUNTY 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAZARD. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN HARLAN COUNTY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN LETCHER COUNTY WERE MOVING MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AND WILL MOVE INTO VIRGINIA BY 800 PM. SINCE THE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...THE HEAVY RAINS MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING. SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TO A STRONG REINFORCED BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher | 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.