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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Jackson, KY

June 2, 2002Estill County, Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2002, 5:59 PM EDT for Estill County, Lee 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
Jun 2, 2002, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2002, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Estill County, KY, Lee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-02Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 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.

112 
WGUS53 KJKL 022159
FFWJKL
KYC065-129-030200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
551 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ESTILL COUNTY
  LEE COUNTY

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

*THIS REPLACES AND EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM. 

* AT 549 PM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUES OVER ESTILL AND LEE COUNTIES. 
RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF 
ESTILL AND LEE COUNTIES. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN 
RECEIVED. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER 
THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 
IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER ESTILL COUNTY. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE 
EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LEE COUNTY.  

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 3769 8405 3760 8398 3763 8367 3779 8401

$$

HALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill44 min
Jun 2, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt47 min
Jun 2, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee, Wolfe61 min
Jun 2, 2:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Lee3 hr
Jun 2, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson57 min
Jun 2, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd64 min
Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson3 hr
Jun 2, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Magoffin71 min
Jun 2, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson57 min
Jun 2, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay27 min
Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson60 min
Jun 2, 6:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson4 hr
Jun 2, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRockcastle44 min
Jun 2, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski, Wayne25 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.