Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1990, 11:32 PM EDT for Magoffin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1990, 11:32 PM EDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 1:25 AM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Magoffin 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJKL 150335 COR
FFWJKL
KYC153-150530-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING ...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1132 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KENTUCKY
MAGOFFIN
THE SALYERSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS SOME FLOODING IN THE CITY
OF SALYERSVILLE IN MAGOFFIN COUNTY...20 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON.
1.67 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF MAGOFFIN COUNTY SINCE
930 PM EDT AND ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
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.
ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORITS OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON
...CORRECTED FOR LENGTH OF WARNING TIME...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, Jun 14, 7:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
KYZ008-150015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 717 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 7 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTHWEST OF JACKSON COUNTY...ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF JACKSON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO JACKSON COUNTY BY 745 PM EDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTENING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR LOCATION...STAY IN A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. WAIDLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 8:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
KYZ008-150115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 811 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 805 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER LEE AND JACKSON COUNTIES ...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF JACKSON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO MORGAN...WOLFE... BREATHITT AND OWSLEY COUNTIES BY 9 PM EDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR LOCATION...STAY IN A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. WAIDLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 9:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
KYZ008-150215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 912 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 905 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE THUNDER/ STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON...NEAR BEATTYVILLE IN LEE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO MAGOFFIN...BREATHITT...OWSLEY AND JACKSON COUNTIES BY 945 PM EDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR LOCATION...STAY IN A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. WAIDLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KYZ008-150310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1007 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 10 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER JACKSON AND OWSLEY COUNTIES...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON. OTHER HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER MAGOFFIN AND FLOYD COUNTIES...15 MILES EAST OF JACKSON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR LOCATION...STAY IN A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ALSO IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR CREEKS AND STREAMS CLOSELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. WAIDLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:47 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
KYZ008-150345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1047 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 1040 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE FROM NEAR PIKEVILLE IN PIKE COUNTY TO 10 MILES NORTH OF HAZARD TO CLAY AND KNOX COUNTIES...30 MILES NORTH OF MIDDLESBORO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR LOCATION...STAY IN A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ALSO IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA YOU S#HOULD MONITOR CREEKS AND STREAMS CLOSELY FOR RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVEL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. WAIDLEY
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.