Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Jul 2, 2002, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 2002, 4:30 PM EDT

In force

110 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Laurel County, KY

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 021840
FFWJKL
KYC125-022030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
237 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAUREL COUNTY

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 234 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       
  HEAVY RAIN NEAR BERNSTADT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF LONDON        
  ...MOVING SLOWLY EAST.

A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM IS DROPPING BETWEEN TWO AND THREE 
INCHES OF RAINFALL AN HOUR IN THE BERNSTADT AREA. THIS STORM WILL 
SLOWLY DISSIPATE BY 4 PM BUT NOT BEFORE DROPPING UP TO 4 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL. 

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. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD 
ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.

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 3732 8411 3726 8404 3723 8396 3707 8420
          3714 8430 3723 8427 3725 8423 3729 8422

GREIF

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 2, 9:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
950 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

13Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE OVER EAST KENTUCKY
WITH DEWPOINTS UP IN THE STEAMY LOWER 70S. LITTLE SYNOPTICLY TO
KEY IN ON FOR AFTERNOON ACTIVITY...MORNING SOUNDINGS INDICATE A
DECENT CAP AT 700 MBS HOLDING BACK THE POTENT LIS TO MINUS 8 AND
CAPES ABOVE 3000 J/KG. SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH PERHAPS
THE HIGH TERRAIN A BIT MORE PRONE. THE FORECAST HAS THIS IN HAND...
WILL UPDATE MAINLY TO REMOVE MENTION OF MORNING FOG. UPDATE OUT
SHORTLY.

.JKL...NONE.

GREIF

In the hours before

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-030000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
129 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A SMALL RISK
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF WET MICROBURSTS OVER MUCH OF
KENTUCKY. THESE ARE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAIN
THAT ALSO ARE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
THE THREAT EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

RESIDENTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE
NECESSARY LATER TODAY.

GREIF

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.