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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Jackson, KY

June 17, 1996Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 1996, 11:52 PM EDT for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 98 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1996, 11:52 PM EDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1996, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
98 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Pike County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 653 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
653 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.