Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2003, 1:52 AM EDT for Clay County, Kentucky. It was in force for 113 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
- Sep 1, 2003, 1:52 AM EDT (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2003, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clay County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 424 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 010554
FFWJKL
KYC051-010745-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
152 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY
* UNTIL 345 AM EDT
* AT 148 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN OVER HERRON...OR ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANCHESTER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS RAIN IS FALLING ON SATURATED
GROUNDS AND WILL LEAD TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LEAVE
AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER STARTS TO RISE.
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 3715 8393 3732 8376 3734 8365 3722 8351
3714 8356 3701 8378
$$
GREIF1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KJKL 010646 FFSJKL KYC051-010700- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 246 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLAY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 246 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. PLEASE PASS YOUR FLOOD REPORTS TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON. $$ GREIF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 10:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Perry | 91 min |
| Aug 31, 10:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 119 min |
| Sep 1, 1:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 2 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.