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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Jackson, KY

July 2, 2002Floyd County, Knott County, Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1975 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski58 min
Jul 2, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel60 min
Jul 2, 2:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel110 min
Jul 2, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson44 min
Jul 2, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill41 min
Jul 2, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt27 min
Jul 2, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike36 min
Jul 2, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher55 min
Jul 2, 7:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLetcher, Pike3 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.