Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 9, 1994, 12:11 AM EST for Magoffin County, Morgan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 1994, 12:11 AM EST (05:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 1994, 4:15 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Magoffin County, KY, Morgan County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 481 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Feb 8, 11:13 PM EST, 58 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-090515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 1113 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED TOWARD SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 11 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOUISA...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON,,,TO ABOUT 80 MILES WEST OF JACKSON....OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONDON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE JACKSON AREA BY 1130 PM EST...THEN WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COALFIELDS TO NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER BY 200 AM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. SMITH
Special weather statement, Feb 8, 11:14 PM EST, 57 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-090515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 1113 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED TOWARD SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 11 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOUISA...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON,,,TO ABOUT 80 MILES WEST OF JACKSON....OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONDON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE JACKSON AREA BY 1130 PM EST...THEN WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COALFIELDS TO NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER BY 200 AM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. SMITH
Special weather statement, Feb 8, 11:36 PM EST, 35 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-090540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 1136 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE JACKSON AREA... AT 1120 PM...RADAR SHOWED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE JACKSON AREA OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LOUISA...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON...TO 60 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONDON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE JACKSON AREA BY 1145 PM...THEN WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COALFIELDS TO NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER BY 200 AM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS MAY BE POSSIBLE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SMITH
Special weather statement, Feb 8, 11:37 PM EST, 34 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-090540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 1136 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE JACKSON AREA... AT 1120 PM...RADAR SHOWED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE JACKSON AREA OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LOUISA...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON...TO 60 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONDON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE JACKSON AREA BY 1145 PM...THEN WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COALFIELDS TO NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER BY 200 AM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS MAY BE POSSIBLE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 11:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 3 hr |
| Feb 9, 12:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 55 min |
| Feb 9, 2:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan | 3 hr |
| Feb 9, 5:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Carter | 112 min |
| Feb 9, 11:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 112 min |
| Feb 9, 3:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Gallia | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Meigs | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Gallia, Meigs | 112 min |
| Feb 8, 9:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Mason | 3 hr |
| Feb 9, 8:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 112 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.