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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Jackson, KY

July 20, 2002Knott County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2002, 8:06 AM EDT for 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2002, 8:06 AM EDT (12:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2002, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Knott County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 2002-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 976 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 12:00Z on 2002-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
976 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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 201206
FFWJKL
KYC119-201500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
803 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  KNOTT COUNTY

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 758 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
  RAIN NEAR CARRIE...OR ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF HINDMAN...MOVING       
  SLOWLY SOUTH. THIS AREA ALREADY SAW UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER 
  BETWEEN 5 AND 7 AM EDT. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE   
  EXPECTED IN MUCH OF KNOTT COUNTY BETWEEN 8 AND 930 AM EDT. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 6:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPike3 hr
Jul 20, 9:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMagoffin3 hr
Jul 20, 10:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPulaski3 hr
Jul 20, 10:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPulaski3 hr
Jul 20, 3:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLWayne119 min
Jul 20, 5:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel3 hr

Nearby

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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.