Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 1995, 2:46 AM EDT for Breathitt County, Kentucky. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 2:46 AM EDT (06:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Breathitt County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJKL 150646 FFWJKL KYC025-150745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 246 AM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION ... IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ...SOUTHERN BREATHITT COUNTY .AT 240 AM...A BREATHITT COUNTY SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING IN THE HAYES BRANCH AREA OF LOST CREEK...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON. STRONG STORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE JACKSON AREA AND HAVE DUMPED FROM ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IN PARTS OF BREATHITT COUNTY. STRONG STORMS ARE CONCENTRATED SOUTH OF THE JACKSON AREA AND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH...HIGH WATER SHOULD BEGIN RECEDING IN BREATHITT COUNTY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. &
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, May 14, 11:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
KYZ069-086>087-106-108>117-150800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1145 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY EXCLUDING PIKE...HARLAN AND LETCHER COUNTIES. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WERE NEAR IRVINE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH AND WILL REACH LEE AND WOLFE COUNTIES BY 1215 AM. OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE UPSTREAM IN SOUTHCENTRAL KENTUCKY AND WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AM. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. ALSO...DUE TO THE 1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL THIS WEEKEND... ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF A SUPER SATURATED GROUND. THIS COULD EASILY CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO FLOOD ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. RIVER FLOODING IS ALREADY REPORTED ON PARTS OF THE LICKING AND CUMBERLAND RIVERS. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA...MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS POTERNTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. HUETTL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay | 119 min |
| May 15, 3:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 2 hr |
| May 15, 3:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott | 2 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.