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Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Jackson, KY

June 17, 2003Martin County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2003, 10:49 PM EDT for Martin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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 17, 2003, 10:49 PM EDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2003, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Martin County, KY

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 231 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KJKL 180250
FFWJKL
KYC159-180500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1049 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARTIN COUNTY

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1038 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS AND ONE INCH HAD
  FALLEN OVER NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY SINCE 10 PM. ADDITIONAL 
  SHOWERS WILL MOVE OVER THESE AREAS AND DROP ADDITIONAL HEAVY    
  RAINFALL WHERE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED. RUNOFF FROM THESE  
  SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN FLASH 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 SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3795 8260 3777 8263 3758 8137 3789 8132

$$
GEOGERIAN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KJKL 180427
FFSJKL
KYC159-180500-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1219 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARTIN COUNTY.

THIS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING.

ALTHOUGH THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED INTO WEST VIRGINIA...WITH THE 
GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...ANY RAIN THAT FELL WILL BECOME RUNOFF. 
THE STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH AND THE ADDITIONAL 
RUNOFF WILL PUSH MANY OF THE SMALLER WATERWAYS OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

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. TRAVEL IS 
STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...SOME ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL 
BECOME IMPASSABLE. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO
STATIONS...AND THE INTERNET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

$$
DUSTY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 8:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Elliott	115 min
Jun 18, 2:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Jackson	3 hr
Jun 18, 5:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Laurel, Pulaski	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.