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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY

May 14, 1995Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1995, 6:33 AM EDT for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 6:33 AM EDT (10:33 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 10:30 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Pike County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 141034
FFWJKL
KYC013-025-051-121-131-195-141430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
633 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION   S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...BELL COUNTY...BREATHITT COUNTY...CLAY COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY
   ...LESLIE COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 630 AM RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS OCCURRING IN THESE COUNTIES.
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OCCURRING AND SMALL
STREAMS HAVE RISEN TO DANGEROUS LEVELS. FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN THESE
COUNTIES THROUGH 10 AM WITH MANY SMALL ROADS BEING COVERED WITH WATER.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWIN*G STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
CB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 6:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Clay, Knox, Leslie59 min
May 14, 6:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Leslie59 min
May 14, 6:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox59 min
May 14, 6:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Clay, Leslie4 hr
May 14, 6:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnox4 hr
May 14, 6:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt4 hr
May 14, 6:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan63 min
May 14, 6:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan63 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.