Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2003, 5:08 AM EDT for Whitley 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2003, 5:08 AM EDT (09:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2003, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 2030 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 040910 FFWJKL KYC235-041215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 508 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WHITLEY COUNTY * UNTIL 815 AM EDT * AT 505 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DROPPED MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR NEAR WILLIAMSBURG. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. 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 FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3674 8432 3664 8421 3681 8403 3688 8415 $$ HAL
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KJKL 041131 FFSJKL KYC235-041215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 724 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WHITLEY COUNTY UNTIL 8:15 AM... THE WHITLEY COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS THAT PATRICK HOLLOW ROAD AT CLIO HAS BEEN WASHED OUT BY FLOOD WATERS. WATER WAS ALSO OVER STATE HIGHWAY 26 AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS BETWEEN WILLIAMSBURG AND CORBIN...BUT WAS RECEDING AT 7:20 AM. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THE FLOOD WATERS SUBSIDE. RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...AND THE INTERNET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ HAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 5:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Owsley | 112 min |
| Aug 4, 8:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Menifee | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 80 min |
| Aug 4, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan | 89 min |
| Aug 4, 6:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 110 min |
| Aug 4, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 7:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Menifee | 3 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.