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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Jackson, KY

March 17, 2002Bell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 17, 2002, 8:20 PM EST for Bell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2002, 8:20 PM EST (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2002, 12:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bell County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 261 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 00:00Z on 2002-03-18Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2002-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 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 
WGUS53 KJKL 180120
FFWJKL
KYC013-180500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
820 PM EST SUN MAR 17 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BELL COUNTY

* UNTIL 1200 AM EST

* AT 816 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN 15 MILES WEST OF FOURMILE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
  THIS RAIN WILL LEAVE BEHIND ANOTHER HALF TO ONE INCH OF    
  ACCUMULATION IN PLACES THAT ALREADY SAW OVER AN INCH OF RAIN LAST 
  NIGHT. 

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. LEAVE AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN THE WATER STARTS TO RISE.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 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.

LAT...LON 3663 8394 3668 8388 3671 8388 3672 8385
          3681 8379 3694 8352 3670 8347

GREIF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 7:26 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Wayne5 hr
Mar 17, 7:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLWhitley4 hr
Mar 17, 8:16 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnox4 hr
Mar 17, 8:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell27 min
Mar 17, 8:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan3 hr
Mar 17, 9:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel3 hr
Mar 17, 11:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 5 more6 hr
Mar 18, 6:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more3 hr
Mar 18, 6:56 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLPike3 hr
Mar 18, 9:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more3 hr
Mar 18, 11:14 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd46 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.