Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2003, 10:48 AM EDT for Leslie County, Perry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2003, 10:48 AM EDT (14:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2003, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Leslie County, KY, Perry County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:50 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 553 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 171448 FFWJKL KYC131-193-171800- FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1048 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LESLIE COUNTY PERRY COUNTY * UNTIL 2 PM EDT * AT 1040 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS IMPASSABLE IN BOTH LESLIE AND PERRY COUNTIES DUE TO WATER. ADDITIONAL STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS THE REGION AND WILL AGGRAVATE THE CURRENT SITUATION. 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. $$ MCLANE
2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KJKL 171700
FFSJKL
KYC131-193-171745-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1252 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PERRY COUNTY
LESLIE COUNTY
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
AT 1245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAD ENDED OVER PERRY AND LESLIE COUNTIES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME
ROADS...CREEKS...STREAMS...AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS.
AT 1240 PM OFFICIALS IN BOTH PERRY AND LESLIE COUNTIES REPORTED
NUMEROUS ROADS REMAINED IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS
OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
LAT...LON 3689 8347 3705 8354 3720 8351 3729 8355
3737 8348 3734 8339 3744 8322 3740 8312
3724 8312 3720 8300 3714 8306 3701 8309
3703 8318 3697 8328
$$
MCLANE000
WGUS73 KJKL 171811
FFSJKL
KYC131-193-171830-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
206 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLOWED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
LESLIE AND PERRY COUNTIES TO EXPIRE AT 2 PM...
AT 2 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAD ENDED OVER LESLIE AND PERRY COUNTIES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME
CREEKS... STREAMS...AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS.
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER A THREAT...THOUGH WIDE SPREAD AREAL
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING.
AT 2 PM OFFICIALS IN LESLIE AND PERRY COUNTIES REPORTED NUMEROUS
ROADS STILL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS
OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
LAT...LON 3740 8328 3744 8322 3740 8317 3740 8312
3727 8311 3720 8300 3714 8306 3706 8306
$$
MCLANEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Morgan | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Rowan | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee | 113 min |
| Jun 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Morgan | 116 min |
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.