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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, KY

May 14, 19954 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1995, 6:16 AM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 6:16 AM EDT (10:16 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 7:15 AM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Knox County, KY, Leslie County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 141020
FFWJKL
KYC013-051-121-131-141115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
616 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION   S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...BELL COUNTY...CLAY COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY...LESLIE COUNTY
 
AT 610 AM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN
SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY AND NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY
COUNTY...NORTHERN BELL COUNTY AND WESTERN LESLIE COUNTY BY 620 AM. THESE
STORMS WERE 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAZARD AND 25 MILES NORTH OF
MIDDLESBORO.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
CB
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 6:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPike4 hr
May 14, 6:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan63 min
May 14, 6:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan63 min

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.