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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

March 17, 2002Laurel County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 17, 2002, 9:02 PM EST for Laurel 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2002, 9:02 PM EST (02:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2002, 12:00 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Laurel County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 253 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 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
113 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 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 180202
FFWJKL
KYC125-180500-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAUREL COUNTY

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST

* AT 856 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
  RAIN OVER LONDON...THIS RAIN WILL LEAVE BEHIND ANOTHER HALF TO ONE 
  INCH OF RAINFALL 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.

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.

LAT...LON 3727 8406 3725 8396 3715 8396 3710 8390
          3697 8409 3710 8425

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, 8:20 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell4 hr
Mar 17, 8:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan3 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.