Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 1995, 5:29 AM EST for Magoffin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 1995, 5:29 AM EST (10:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1995, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Magoffin County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJKL 081030 FFWJKL KYC153-189-081230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 529 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION S... IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ...MAGOFFIN COUNTY...OWSLEY COUNTY AT...515 AM...OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN BOTH MAGOFFIN AND OWSLEY COUNTIES. HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED THROUGH THE ELK KNOB AREA OF MAGOFFIN COUNTY...ABOU22 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON. HEAVY RAIN HAS ALSO MOVE THROUGH OWSLEY COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF BOONEVILLE...OR 17 MILES WEST OF JACKSON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS ALL PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...HOWEVER THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION SHOWS LITTLE EASTWARD MOVEMENT. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. STAMPER&
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, Mar 8, 1:01 AM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-080905- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 102 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 1 AM...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY WAS CANCELLED. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ON SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THE REST OF THE NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING$ AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAMPER
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 1:02 AM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-080905- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 102 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 1 AM...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY WAS CANCELLED. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ON SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THE REST OF THE NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAMPER
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 2:07 AM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-080810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 207 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 145 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH...BUT THE AREA HAD LITTLE EASTWARD MOVEMENT. THE LEADING EDGE OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDS FROM NEAR PRESTONSBURG IN FLOYD COUNTY SOUTH TO ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF HARLAN. THE SHOWERS SHOULD REACH PIKE AND LETCHER COUNTIES BY 3 AM. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...AN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAMPER
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 3:01 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-080905- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 301 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 250 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS COVERING ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY EXCEPT FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF PIKE...LETCHER AND HARLAN COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH...BUT THE AREA HAD LITTLE EASTWARD MOVEMENT. BY 4 AM SHOWERS SHOULD COVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...AN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAMPER
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 4:40 AM EST, 49 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-081045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 440 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 430 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS COVERING ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF OWSLEY AND KNOX COUNTIES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. THE SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH...BUT THE AREA HAD LITTLE EASTWARD MOVEMENT. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...AN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF OWSLEY AND KNOX COUNTIES SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING...AS SOME SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS MAY BE COVERED BY FLOODWATERS. STAMPER
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 4:41 AM EST, 48 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-081045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 440 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 430 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS COVERING ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF OWSLEY AND KNOX COUNTIES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. THE SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH...BUT THE AREA HAD LITTLE EASTWARD MOVEMENT. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...AN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF OWSLEY AND KNOX COUNTIES SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING...AS SOME SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS MAY BE COVERED BY FLOODWATERS. STAMPER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 5:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Owsley | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.