Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 1994, 12:16 AM EDT for Clay County, Leslie County, Kentucky. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1994, 12:16 AM EDT (04:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1994, 1:24 AM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, KY, Leslie County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJKL 290416 FFWJKL KYC051-131-290615- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1216 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION S... IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ...EASTERN CLAY COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN LESLIE COUNTY AT 1215 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAZARD WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND CONTINUED TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN LESLIE COUNTY THROUGH 2 AM EDT. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER CO&VERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WAIDLEY
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, Jul 28, 9:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-290400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 955 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 945 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDDLESBORO TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDDLESBORO OR NEAR LONDON. THESE STORMS PRODUCED .79 INCHES OF RAIN IN 45 MINUTES IN THE FOURMILE BRANCH AREA OF SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOTORIST SHOULD BE ALERT TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WAIDLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-290400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 955 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 945 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDDLESBORO TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDDLESBORO OR NEAR LONDON. THESE STORMS PRODUCED .79 INCHES OF RAIN IN 45 MINUTES IN THE FOURMILE BRANCH AREA OF SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOTORIST SHOULD BE ALERT TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WAIDLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Carter | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Greenup | 66 min |
| Jul 29, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Lawrence | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott | 44 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.