Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 1992, 8:20 PM EDT for Breathitt County, Kentucky. It was in force for 105 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1992, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1992, 10:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 105 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Breathitt County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJKL 230022
FFWJKL
KYC025-230415-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
820 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KENTUCKY
SOUTHWEST BREATHITT
AT 815 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JACKSON IN THE COMMUNITY OF MORRIS FORK.
DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS...FLASH FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IN PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN
BREATHITT COUNTY.
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 JACKSON
SMITHWhat 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 22, 6:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KYZ008-222330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...C O R R E C T E D NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 630 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 625 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE COALFIELDS...MAINLY IN THE JACKSON...HAZARD...PRESTONSBURG AND PIKEVILLE AREAS. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIKEVILLE...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF PRESTONSBURG IN FLOYD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY DRIFT SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OR STANDING WATER ON ROADS THAT COULD CAUSE HYDROPLANING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...YOU SHOULD INTO A SAFE SHELTER AND REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. SMITH...CORRECTED FOR DATE
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 6:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
KYZ008-222330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...C O R R E C T E D NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 630 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 625 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE COALFIELDS...MAINLY IN THE JACKSON...HAZARD...PRESTONSBURG AND PIKEVILLE AREAS. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIKEVILLE...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF PRESTONSBURG IN FLOYD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY DRIFT SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OR STANDING WATER ON ROADS THAT COULD CAUSE HYDROPLANING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...YOU SHOU LD MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER AND REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. SMITH...CORRECTED FOR DATE
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
KYZ008-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 703 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 7 PM...THE JACKSON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON...ALONG THE CLAY/JACKSON COUNTY LINE. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON...IN NORTHERN OWSLEY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS ...UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA $WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:34 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
KYZ008-230030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 735 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 730 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES WEST OF JACKSON TO 10 MILES NORTH OF HAZARD...FROM CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY TO NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY AND SOUTHERN BREATHITT COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS ...UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO^ NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 8:06 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
KYZ008-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 805 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 8 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...ACROSS THE COUNTIES OF JACKSON...OWSLEY... BREATHITT AND KNOTT...TO SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAZARD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS ...UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAxY 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 22, 9:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Carter, Lewis | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Lewis | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 2:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Johnson | 65 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.