Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1992, 7:13 PM EDT for Floyd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1992, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Floyd County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 182313
FFWJKL
KYC071-190115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
713 PM EDT MON MAY 18 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KENTUCKY
FLOYD
AT 708 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN OVER WESTERN FLOYD COUNTY...15 MILES WEST OF PIKEVILLE. THIS
STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN A HALF
AN HOUR. AS IT MOVES THROUGH FLOYD COUNTY FLOODING IS LIKELY.
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.
ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON
OGRENWhat 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, May 18, 5:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
KYZ008-182215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 513 PM EDT MON MAY 18 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 5 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER NORTHERN BREATHITT COUNTY... 5 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS NEAR PIKEVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ALL OF THE STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. OGREN
Special weather statement, May 18, 6:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
KYZ008-182315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 605 PM EDT MON MAY 18 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 6 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR JACKSON. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF PRESTONSBURG...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIKEVILLE. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF A HALF AN INCH AN HOUR...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. OGREN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott | 116 min |
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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.