Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Dec 18, 1990, 3:55 PM EST for Jackson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 1990, 3:55 PM EST (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 18, 1990, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 KJKL 182055
FFWJKL
KYC109-190300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
355 PM EST TUE DEC 18 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KENTUCKY
JACKSON...LEE...WOLFE...MORGAN...OWSLY...BREATHITT AND MAGOFFIN
AT 345 PM EST...FLOODING CONTINUED IN JACKSON...BREATHITT AND MAGOFFIN
COUNTIES...BUT AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY
WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY BY 430 PM. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED
AND FLOODING OCCURRING IN SOME AREAS...MOST CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THESE
COUNTIES WILL COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD. 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 FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
MOST 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 ESCA9PE RISING
WATER..MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON
OGRENThe 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, 11:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Lewis | 4 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, 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.