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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2003, 4:01 PM EDT for Fleming County, Rowan 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
- Aug 11, 2003, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fleming County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KJKL 112002 FFWJKL KYC069-205-112300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 401 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FLEMING COUNTY ROWAN COUNTY * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 356 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR SHARKEY... OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOREHEAD. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE... 4 MILES EAST OF RINGOS MILLS AT 415 PM EDT. 5 MILES WEST OF HAYS CROSSING AT 420 PM EDT. 7 MILES EAST OF HILLSBORO AT 440 PM EDT. 6 MILES WEST OF CRANSTON AT 455 PM EDT. 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLUMMERS LANDING...3 MILES SOUTH OF MUSES MILLS...5 MILES WEST OF WALTZ...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GODDARD AT 530 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ROADS...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS... ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3818 8369 3813 8348 3834 8335 3849 8363 $$ OUDEMAN
2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KJKL 112135
FFSJKL
KYC069-205-112300-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
534 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...
FLEMING COUNTY
ROWAN COUNTY
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 530 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAD COME TO A
STOP IN MUCH OF THE AREA.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED...RAIN DOES
CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FLEMING COUNTY AND MOST
OF ROWAN COUNTY. THE RAINFALL FROM PAST STORMS...IN COMBINATION WITH
RAIN STILL FALLING WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF THAT WILL CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS.
THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON.
LAT...LON 3844 8357 3840 8341 3815 8320 3802 8344
3815 8357 3834 8389 3845 8397 3854 8362
$$
COREY000 WGUS73 KJKL 112156 FFSJKL KYC069-205-112200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 556 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FLEMING COUNTY AND ROWAN COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6:00 PM EDT... AS OF 5:55 PM...NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF BOTH FLEMING AND ROWAN COUNTIES AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ COREY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell | 88 min |
| Aug 11, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 118 min |
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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.