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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Jackson, KY

March 27, 1994Bell County, Knox County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 1994, 12:02 PM EST for Bell County, Knox County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1994, 12:02 PM EST (17:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1994, 4:00 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bell County, KY, Knox County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 456 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
456 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
397 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 5:52 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLJohnson3 hr
Mar 27, 12:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan4 hr
Mar 27, 1:27 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Leslie3 hr
Mar 27, 3:59 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 1 more4 hr
Mar 27, 3:59 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Knox4 hr
Mar 27, 3:59 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Magoffin4 hr

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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.