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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2002, 7:58 PM EDT for Floyd County, Knott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 2, 2002, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2002, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Floyd County, KY, Knott County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 247 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1975 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KJKL 022358 FFWJKL KYC071-119-030300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 753 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FLOYD COUNTY EASTERN KNOTT COUNTY * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT * AT 751 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR PUNCHEON AND GREENLEAF IN EXTREME EASTERN KNOTT COUNTY. THE TOWNS OF WHEELWRIGHT AND MELVIN IN FLOYD COUNTY WILL ALSO SEE EXCESSIVE RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHERN FLOYD AND FAR EASTERN KNOTT COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINS FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON THE WAY. THE RAIN WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE LATER THIS EVENING...BUT NOT BEFORE CAUSING FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS FOR THE HOLLERS OF EAST KENTUCKY. 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 3745 8254 3759 8272 3724 8293 3718 8283
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 2:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 110 min |
| Jul 2, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 3 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.