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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

July 7, 1989Breathitt County, Owsley County, Perry County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1989, 12:53 AM EDT for Breathitt County, Owsley County, Perry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1989, 12:53 AM EDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1989, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Owsley 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1989-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 903 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1989-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
903 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 070500
FFWJKL
KYC025-189-193-070900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON  KY
1253 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KENTUCKY
      WESTERN BREATHITT...OWSLEY...NORTHERN PERRY

AT 1235 AM...JACKSON CITY POLICE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG
MORRIS FORK CREEK NEAR ALTRO IN SOUTHWEST BREATHITT COUNTY NEAR
THE PERRY COUNTY LINE. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA REPORT CARS BEING
WASHED AWAY AND SOME EVACUATION OF SEVERAL HOUSES IN THE AREA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED..
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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
ROAD. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM..EVEN A SMALL ONE..ON
FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER..MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS..RIVERSE OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAIN. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAIN.

ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON

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.