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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Jackson, KY

May 6, 2002Jackson County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2002, 9:41 PM EDT for Jackson County, Rockcastle County, 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2002, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2002, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jackson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 2002-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 446 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
446 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
666 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 070141 CCA
FFWJKL
KYC109-203-070730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
938 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ROCKCASTLE COUNTY
  JACKSON COUNTY

* UNTIL 330 AM EDT

* AT 934 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS ROCKCASTLE AND JACKSON COUNTIES FROM NUMEROUS 
  STORMS THAT HAVE FOLLOWED ONE AFTER ANOTHER ACROSS THE SAME AREA. 

* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
  HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR.

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 3733 8451 3718 8431 3732 8418 3726 8391
          3735 8380 3759 8393 3753 8438

$$
DUSTY
1 follow-up statement
000 
RWUS32 KJKL 070400
FFSJKL
KYC109-203-070730-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1155 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2002

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR ROCKCASTLE AND JACKSON COUNTIES 
CONTINUES UNTIL 330 AM EDT.

HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA HOWEVER THE RUNOFF WILL 
CONTINUE TO SWELL STREAMS AND CREEKS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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 YOU OBSERVE FLOODED ROADS OR STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR 
BANKS AND THREATENING PROPERTY...CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICE AND REQUEST THEY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IN JACKSON.

$$

DUSTY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 2:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPulaski4 hr
May 7, 4:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson, Rockcastle2 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.