Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 36 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.