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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

August 28, 1992Jackson County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 1992, 1:58 AM EDT for Jackson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1992, 1:58 AM EDT (05:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1992, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1992-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 684 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1992-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
684 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 280603 COR
FFWJKL
KYC109-280900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON  KY
158 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KENTUCKY
      JACKSON

OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF JACKSON COUNTY...30
MILES WEST OF JACKSON...DURING THE LAST 3 HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL
WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

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 REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSFON

SMITH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 4:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLGreenup2 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.