Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Dec 18, 1990, 11:23 AM EST for Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 1990, 11:23 AM EST (16:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 18, 1990, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lewis 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 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KHTS 181629
FFWHTS
KYC135-182030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
1123 AM EST TUE DEC 18 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST KENTUCKY
...LEWIS
LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODING COVERING
NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
HATFIELD/COSTELLOWhat 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, Dec 18, 5:42 AM EST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
KYZ008-181100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 540 AM EST TUE DEC 18 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY TODAY. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED AND MORE RAIN EXPECTED...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE. AT 530 THIS MORNING...NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS THE COALFIELDS...BUT A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY BEFORE SUNRISE. THE HEAVIER RAIN WAS ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON OR JUST WEST OF WOLFE AND MORGAN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT W]AS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY RESIDENTS SHOULD WATCH WATER LEVELS CLOSLY TODAY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED.
Special weather statement, Dec 18, 6:50 AM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
KYZ008-181100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 645 AM EST TUE DEC 18 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY TODAY. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND WITH MORE RAIN MOVING INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE COALFIELDS THIS MORNING...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE. AT 645 THIS MORNING...A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS FROM 40 MILES WEST OF HAZARD TO 15 MILES NORTH JACKSON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN MORGAN COUNTY...20 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON. THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE JACKSON VICINITY BEFORE 8 AM. SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY RESIDENTS SHOULD WATCH WATER LEVELS CLOSLY TODAY ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. ADDINGTON
Special weather statement, Dec 18, 7:50 AM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
KYZ008-181400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 745 AM EST TUE DEC 18 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY TODAY. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE COALFIELDS...BUT THE COMBIN- ATION OF HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUN-OFF CAUSING FLOODING OF CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS. AT 745 THIS MORNING...A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN JACKSON COUNTY...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF JACKSON. THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. . SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY RESIDENTS SHOULD WATCH WATER LEVELS CLOSLY TODAY...ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. ADDINGTON
Special weather statement, Dec 18, 8:50 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
KYZ008-181500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 845 AM EST TUE DEC 18 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY TODAY. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE COALFIELDS BUT MANY CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE NEAR BANKFULL. SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN ON SATURATED GROUND WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUN-OFF CAUSING FLOODING OF CREEKS AND RIVERS. AT 845 THIS MORNING...A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN JACKSON COUNTY...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF JACKSON. THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY RESIDENTS SHOULD WATCH WATER LEVELS CLOSLY TODAY...ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. ADDINGTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 9:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 8 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:39 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Lewis | 4 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lewis | 3 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Johnson, Lawrence, Martin | 3 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott | 3 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.