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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Jackson, KY

June 15, 2003Fleming County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 1:07 PM EDT for Fleming 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
Jun 15, 2003, 1:07 PM EDT (17:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2003, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fleming County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 269 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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 151712
FFWJKL
KYC069-152100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
107 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FLEMING COUNTY

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 100 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 
HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST FLEMING COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 
ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE 
STORMS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 
STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAIN 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 3853 8365 3844 8358 3840 8346 3827 8353
          3821 8361 3821 8370 3826 8369 3830 8374
          3829 8381 3834 8384 3837 8392 3846 8398
          3849 8394 3846 8386

$$
MCLANE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KJKL 152056
FFSJKL
KYC069-152115-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
450 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FLEMING COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM 
EDT...
  
AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER FLEMING COUNTY HAD 
DIMINISHED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. IN ADDITION...FLEMING COUNTY 
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NO FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE COUNTY. AS 
A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FLEMING COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 
5 PM EDT.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL KEEP AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
ROADSIDE CULVERTS SWOLLEN. RESIDENTS LIVING IN LOW LYING AND
FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD THEREFORE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. LOW
WATER CROSSINGS CAN BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS...EVEN WHEN CREEKS
AND STREAMS ARE WITHIN THEIR BANKS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING
WATERS BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

$$

HYSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 11:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPike4 hr
Jun 15, 12:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill4 hr
Jun 15, 6:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson2 hr
Jun 15, 7:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMagoffin3 hr
Jun 15, 7:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay4 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.