Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

May 2, 2002, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)

Expired

May 2, 2002, 7:30 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Breathitt County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WGUS53 KJKL 021938
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KYC025-022330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
337 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BREATHITT COUNTY

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 327 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
EXTENSIVE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS BREATHITT 
COUNTY. THESE CELLS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES 
PER HOUR.

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.

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.

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 3731 8349 3755 8359 3772 8340 3753 8308
          3743 8313

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 2, 3:30 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
330 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUES ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WILL CLEAR AREA
TONIGHT...WITH DRY AND COOLER WEATHER FOR FRIDAY. FRONT WILL STALL
OUT TO OUR SOUTH AND SHORT WAVE MOVING EAST OUT OF MS VALLEY WILL
INDUCE SFC WAVE ALONG FRONT. OVERRUNNING PCPN ON TAP FOR FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY WITH BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN OVER SRN PART OF
CWFA. THE SHORT WAVE MOVES RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY WITH DRY
WEATHER BRIEFLY RETURNING FOR SUNDAY. CHC OF TSTMS FOR MUCH OF NEXT
WEEK.

.JKL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SRN 1/2 OF AREA UNTIL 8 PM .

SBH

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

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.