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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY

February 18, 20007 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 18, 2000, 1:14 PM EST for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 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
Feb 18, 2000, 1:14 PM EST (18:14 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2000, 7:15 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bath County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 12:00Z on 2000-02-18Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 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 181825
FFWJKL
KYC011-063-069-165-173-175-205-190015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
114 PM EST FRI FEB 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF...BATH...ELLIOTT...FLEMING...MENIFEE 
  MONTGOMERY...ROWAN IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MOREHEAD...OWINGSVILLE...FLEMINGSBURG  
  ...FRENCHBURG...MOUNT STERLING

 * UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 112 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRUIN TO 3
  MILES NORTHEAST OF ZILPO TO CEDAR GROVES...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF GRAYSON TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  MOREHEAD TO 7 MILES WEST OF FRENCHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
JACKSON KY.

DUSTY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 6:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming36 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.