Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, KY

January 24, 2002Laurel County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 24, 2002, 7:03 AM EST for Laurel County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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
Jan 24, 2002, 7:03 AM EST (12:03 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2002, 11:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Laurel County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:05 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 2002-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-59 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 241203
FFWJKL
KYC125-241600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
702 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAUREL COUNTY

* UNTIL 1100 AM EST

* AT 645 AM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE BEGINNING TO
  BE COVERED WITH WATER IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LAUREL COUNTY.
  DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN
  THIS AREA DURING THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF. THIS RAIN IS ASSOCIATED
  WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH IS MOVING ACROSS
  EASTERN KENTUCKY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE
  RAIN TAPERS OFF LATER THIS MORNING.

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.

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.

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 3728 8427 3699 8430 3689 8416 3707 8397
          3730 8408

$$

MCLANE
1 follow-up statement
000 
RWUS32 KJKL 241604
FFSJKL
KYC125-131-241615-

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1104 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAUREL COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1100 AM EST...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LESLIE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMPTING THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  WATER LEVELS IN SMALL STREAMS AND IN URBAN 
AREAS WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO RECEDE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/JKL

$$

JARVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 10:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 2 more6 hr
Jan 24, 5:53 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLPulaski4 hr
Jan 24, 6:05 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLPowell4 hr
Jan 24, 6:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLMcCreary, Whitley4 hr
Jan 24, 6:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnox4 hr
Jan 24, 6:35 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLRockcastle4 hr
Jan 24, 6:46 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLWayne4 hr
Jan 24, 6:52 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Letcher4 hr
Jan 24, 9:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLeslie4 hr
Jan 24, 12:48 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLeslie102 min
Jan 24, 4:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, McCreary, Whitley6 hr
Jan 24, 4:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLetcher6 hr
Jan 24, 5:06 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Perry6 hr
Jan 24, 5:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLPike6 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.