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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Jackson, KY

March 27, 19947 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 1994, 3:59 PM EST for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1994, 3:59 PM EST (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1994, 8:00 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knott County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Perry County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 272059
FFWJKL
KYC013-025-051-071-095-119-121-131-133-153-193-280100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
359 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION   S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...BELL COUNTY...BREATHITT COUNTY...CLAY COUNTY...FLOYD COUNTY
   ...HARLAN COUNTY...KNOTT COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY...LESLIE COUNTY
   ...LETCHER COUNTY...MAGOFFIN COUNTY...PERRY COUNTY
 
AT 355 PM...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED
COUNTIES WITH FLOODING CONTINUING IN THE COUNTIES WARNED EARLIER. WITH
CREEKS AT BANKFUL OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL KEEP FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
WARNED COUNTIES.
 
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.

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 WarningJKLBell, Knox4 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 WarningJKLBell, Knox4 hr
Mar 27, 3:59 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Magoffin4 hr

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.