Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Jackson, KY
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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.
- 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
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
SCHAUBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 6:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 3 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.