Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 1992, 1:49 PM EDT for Boyd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1992, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1992, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boyd County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 1377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 261751 FFWHTS KYC019-261845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 149 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST KENTUCKY ...BOYD COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE MOVING ACROSS BOYD COUNTY OF KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ALMOST TWO INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH zCAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. END/COSTELLO
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, Jul 26, 1:42 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
KYZ008-261845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1235 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY FROM THE NORTHWEST... AT 1230 THIS AFTERNOON...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTH KENTUCKY FROM THE HUNTINGTON/ASHLAND AREA TO LEXINGTON...TO JUST SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BY 230 PM...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTIES NORTH AND WEST OF THE JACKSON AREA...MAINLY JACKSON...LEE WOLFE AND MORGAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND REMAIN INDOORS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM OR IN A LOW LYING AREA KEEP AN EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS O&BSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:45 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
KYZ008-261845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...(CORRECTED FOR TIME) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 135 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY FROM THE NORTHWEST... AT 130 THIS AFTERNOON...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTH KENTUCKY FROM THE HUNTINGTON/ASHLAND AREA TO LEXINGTON...TO JUST SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BY 230 PM...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTIES NORTH AND WEST OF THE JACKSON AREA...MAINLY JACKSON...LEE WOLFE AND MORGAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND REMAIN INDOORS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM OR IN A LOW LYING AREA KEEP AN EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. IF R,APIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Carter, Greenup | 58 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.