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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY

February 15, 2003Morgan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 2003, 6:55 AM EST for Morgan 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
Feb 15, 2003, 6:55 AM EST (11:55 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2003, 10:45 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morgan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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, 11.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-02-15Temperature 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 2003-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
441 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 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 151156
FFWJKL
KYC175-151545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
655 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY

* UNTIL 1045 AM EST

* AT 650 AM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ONE FOOT OF WATER OVER    
  HIGHWAY 191 6 MILES SOUTH OF WEST LIBERTY.

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE OVER MORGAN COUNTY THIS MORNING AND 
THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 
STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD COULD 
ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.

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 SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3789 8351 3778 8327 3796 8300 3807 8335

$$

JARVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 11:11 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel, Whitley6 hr
Feb 15, 8:12 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLJohnson, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe6 hr
Feb 15, 9:50 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Pike4 hr
Feb 15, 10:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott, Lee, Owsley, Perry3 hr
Feb 15, 11:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Knox and 5 more3 hr
Feb 15, 3:41 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLMontgomery4 hr

Nearby

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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.