Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 2003, 8:12 AM EST for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 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, 8:12 AM EST (13:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2003, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Johnson County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Powell County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 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 151315
FFWJKL
KYC115-153-159-165-197-237-151915-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
812 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MENIFEE COUNTY
POWELL COUNTY
JOHNSON COUNTY
MARTIN COUNTY
MAGOFFIN COUNTY
WOLFE COUNTY
* UNTIL 215 PM EST
* AT 810 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
RAIN MOVING EAST ALONG THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THIS
RAIN IS TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREA AND WILL DUMP UP TO AN
ADDITIONAL INCH ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CAMPTON...FRENCHBURG...INEZ
AND PAINTSVILLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
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.
LAT...LON 3802 8362 3786 8351 3777 8327 3786 8300
3799 8298 3795 8250 3775 8233 3769 8257
3776 8273 3758 8301 3770 8340 3764 8345
3765 8355 3782 8396
$$
GREIFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 11:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel, Whitley | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Morgan | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Owsley, Perry | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Knox and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 4 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.