Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 1992, 9:37 PM EDT for Carter County, Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1992, 9:37 PM EDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1992, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carter County, KY, Lewis County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 KHTS 230141 FFWHTS KYC043-135-230345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 937 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN EAST KENTUCKY ...WESTERN CARTER COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY A THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY AND WESTERN CARTER COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY ARE PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING RAINS. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES SHOWED ALMOST TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FELL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR IN THESE AREAS. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN LEWIS COUNTY HAD REPORTS OF FLOODING IN SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY, ESPCIALLY NEAR THE TOWN OF EMERSON. OLIVE HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CARTER COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. 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. 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 22, 6:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 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, 3 hours 3 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, 2 hours 35 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, 2 hours 3 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, 1 hour 31 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, 8:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 105 min |
| 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 |
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.