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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

June 25, 1995Jackson County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 1995, 2:25 PM EDT for Jackson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1995, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1995-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 676 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 1995-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
676 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 251823
FFWJKL
KYC109-251930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
225 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION   ...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 220 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS
EXTENDED FROM 27 TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON OR IN
FAR SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY NORTH
NEAR 10 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF ANNVILLE...TYNER...
ROYRADER...BOND AND GRAY HAWK. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1
HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS 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.
 
HUETTL

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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.