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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Jackson, KY

July 20, 2002Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2002, 3:01 PM EDT for Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 119 min. 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 20, 2002, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 631 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
631 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KJKL 201901
FFWJKL
KYC231-202100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 250 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER SOUTHEAST 
WAYNE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN SLICKFORD AND 
PARMLEYSVILLE. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE MOUNT PISGAH...AND 
ROCKEYBRANCH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES 
FELL BETWEEN 230 PM AND 250 PM...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 
POSSIBLE BY 330 PM.

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.

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.

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 3675 8484 3666 8486 3662 8482 3667 8476
          3676 8469

SCHAUB

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, 8:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnott3 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, 5:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.