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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, KY

May 15, 1996Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 1996, 8:18 PM EDT for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 102 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1996, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1996, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
102 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, 0.3 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 1996-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 311 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 160020 COR
FFWJKL
KYC195-160200-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
818 PM EDT WED MAY 15 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...SOUTHERN PIKE
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL FALL
NEAR THE TOWNS OF VIRGIE...REGINA AND LOOKOUT. WITH THE THREAT FOR
FLASH FLOODING INCREASING...THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN
UPGRADED TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
 
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD
WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
RISING.

RAB/SES

COR FOR EXPIRATION TIME

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

Local storm report, May 15, 6:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
650 PM EDT WED MAY 15 1996

TIME EST      .....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE    ...EVENT...
DATE          ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

1836 EDT         VARNEY                 KY    ROUTE 881 UNDER WATER
5/15/96          PIKE                         NEAR VARNEY ELEMENTARY
                                              ABOUT 13 MILES NE OF
                                              PIKEVILLE. REPORTED BY
                                              VARNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

HUETTL
Local storm report, May 15, 7:36 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
735 PM EDT WED MAY 15 1996

TIME EST      .....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE    ...EVENT...
DATE          ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

1845 EDT         META                   KY    JOHNS CREEK SPILLING
5/15/96          PIKE                         OVER PARTS OF ROUTE
                                              194 BETWEEN META AND
                                              GULNAR. REPORTED VIA
                                              PIKE COUNTY SPOTTER.

1845 EDT         GULNAR                 KY    WATER OVERFLOWING INTO
5/15/96          PIKE                         MOUNTAIN PUBLINCK GOLF
                 2                             COURSE BY JOHNS CREEK.
                                              REPORTED VIA PIKE
                                              COUNTY SPOTTER.
HUETTL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 9:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPike119 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.