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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

April 16, 1998McCreary County, Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 1998, 6:16 PM EDT for McCreary County, Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1998, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1998, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties McCreary County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 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 162216
FFWJKL
KYC125-147-199-203-231-235-170130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
616 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT (830 PM CDT)

* AT 615 PM EDT/515 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST OF
  SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL PUSH ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND
  VALLEY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED
  FROM EARLIER STORMS...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A PROBLEM THROUGH
  930 PM EDT/830 PM CDT.

MOVEx TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS
WATER COVERED ROADS.

WHP/CEG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 8:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLee, Owsley5 hr
Apr 15, 9:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Whitley3 hr
Apr 15, 9:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPulaski, Wayne3 hr
Apr 15, 9:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLRockcastle3 hr
Apr 16, 6:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming60 min
Apr 16, 6:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming65 min
Apr 16, 2:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPulaski3 hr
Apr 16, 6:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel, Rockcastle3 hr
Apr 16, 6:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLWhitley3 hr
Apr 16, 6:37 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLWayne43 min
Apr 16, 6:37 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLWayne68 min
Apr 16, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPulaski60 min
Apr 16, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary49 min
Apr 16, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRockcastle61 min
Apr 16, 7:20 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLHarlan60 min
Apr 16, 7:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson3 hr
Apr 16, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWhitley61 min
Apr 16, 7:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFleming3 hr
Apr 16, 7:36 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLRockcastle49 min
Apr 16, 7:38 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMcCreary37 min
Apr 16, 7:41 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLJackson64 min
Apr 16, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWayne64 min
Apr 16, 7:48 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLWhitley47 min
Apr 16, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay62 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.