Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 1992, 10:21 PM EDT for Clay County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1992, 10:21 PM EDT (02:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1992, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJKL 250221
FFWJKL
KYC051-250530-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1021 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KENTUCKY
CLAY
AT 1015 PM EDT...CLAY COUNTY DISPATCHER REPORTS FLASH FLOODING IN
MANCHESTER AND SEVERAL SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
A THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MANCHESTER AT 1015 AND CONTINUED PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.
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 WEHATHER 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 24, 5:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
KYZ008-242200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 515 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 8 PM... AT 5 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON OR NEAR THE DAM AT CAVE RUN LAKE IN NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES SEEK A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE ZSTORMS HAVE PASSED. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW-LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
KYZ008-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 604 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 8 PM... AT 6 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY....MAINLY FROM NEAR HAZARD TO 30 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES SEEK A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW-LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
KYZ008-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 705 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 8 PM... AT 7 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 TO 35 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...IN THE BEATTYVILLE AND MCKEE AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROAC&HES SEEK A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW-LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
KYZ008-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 805 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED... AT 8 PM...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY EXPIRED. ONLY A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER OWSLEY COUNTY...20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE INTO CLAY COUNTY BY 900 PM. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...MOVE INTO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. p SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
KYZ008-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 835 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CLAY COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 830 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON...OR JUST TO THE NORTH OF MANCHESTER IN CLAY COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES SEEK A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW-LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 1:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 6:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay | 110 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.