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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY

January 24, 2002McCreary County, Whitley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 24, 2002, 6:17 AM EST for McCreary County, Whitley 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
Jan 24, 2002, 6:17 AM EST (11:17 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2002, 10:15 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2002-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 682 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 00:00Z on 2002-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 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
682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KJKL 241117
FFWJKL
KYC147-235-241515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
616 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WHITLEY COUNTY
  MCCREARY COUNTY

* UNTIL 1015 AM EST

* AT 610 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER ONE 
INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR IN PORTIONS OF WHITLEY AND 
MCCREARY COUNTIES. THIS RAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. UP TO ONE INCH OF 
ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE BEFORE RAIN TAPERS OFF LATER 
THIS MORNING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.

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 3662 8474 3665 8435 3661 8396 3694 8410
          3686 8456

$$

MCLANE
1 follow-up statement
000 
RWUS32 KJKL 241516
FFSJKL
KYC147-235-241530-

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1016 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WHITLEY AND MCCREARY COUNTIES EXPIRED AT
1015 AM EST...

THE HEAVY RAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMPTING THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  HOWEVER...LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL 
ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  WATER LEVELS IN SMALL 
STREAMS AND IN URBAN AREAS WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO RECEDE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/JKL

$$

JARVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 10:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 2 more6 hr
Jan 24, 5:53 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLPulaski4 hr
Jan 24, 6:05 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLPowell4 hr
Jan 24, 6:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnox4 hr
Jan 24, 6:35 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLRockcastle4 hr
Jan 24, 6:46 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLWayne4 hr
Jan 24, 6:52 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Letcher4 hr
Jan 24, 7:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel4 hr
Jan 24, 9:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLeslie4 hr
Jan 24, 12:48 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLeslie102 min
Jan 24, 4:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, McCreary, Whitley6 hr
Jan 24, 4:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLetcher6 hr
Jan 24, 5:06 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Perry6 hr
Jan 24, 5:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLPike6 hr

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.