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Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Jackson, KY

September 1, 2003Clay County, Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-09-01Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 401 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$
GREIF
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 10:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPerry91 min
Aug 31, 10:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLWayne119 min
Sep 1, 1:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLWayne2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.