Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 1992, 2:25 AM EDT for Johnson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1992, 2:25 AM EDT (06:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1992, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnson County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 230629 FFWHTS KYC115-230730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 225 AM EDT THU JUL 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST KENTUCKY ...EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY AT 220 AM A VOLUNTEER OBSERVER IN SOUTHERN PAINTSVILLE REPORTED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR AND A HALF. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 225 AM EDT INDICATES THAT THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 330 AM EDT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLO4ODS. 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.
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
Local storm report, Jul 22, 10:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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PRELIMINARLY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1100 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992
COUNTY TIME EVENT
BREATHITT 815 PM FLOODING REPORTED IN MORRIS FORK COMMUNITY...12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON.
BREATHITT 850 PM DES DIRECTOR REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE
CROCKETTSVILLE/MORRIS FORK AREA...WATER OVER THE ROAD
AT JUNCTION OF STATE ROUTES 315 AND 28. AUTOMOBILE
WASHED AWAY IN OLD HOUSE BRANCH CREEK...11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON.
SMITHSpecial weather statement, Jul 23, 12:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KYZ008-230615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1200 AM EDT THU JUL 23 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN RE-DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 1155 PM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JACKSON TO NEAR BUCKHORN...15 MILES SOUTHWEST JACKSON. MOVEMENT WAS 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. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA... KEEP AN EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED VTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. OGREN
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
KYZ008-230615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 100 AM EDT THU JUL 23 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN RE-DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 1255 AM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JACKSON TO NEAR BUCKHORN...15 MILES SOUTHWEST JACKSON. MOVEMENT WAS 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. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA... KEEP AN EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUXND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. OGREN...CORRECTED TIME...
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:44 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
KYZ008-230645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 145 AM EDT THU JUL 23 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 140 AM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM SALYERSVILLE...20 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON TO NEAR HAZARD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER...UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...KEEP AN EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 105 min |
| 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 |
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.