Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Dec 1, 2004, 6:25 AM EST for Laurel 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
- Dec 1, 2004, 6:25 AM EST (11:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2004, 10:15 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Laurel County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 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 011127
FFWJKL
KYC125-011515-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
625 AM EST WED DEC 1 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LAUREL COUNTY IN EASTERN KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 1015 AM EST
* AT 6:15 AM EST...COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED NO CHANGE IN AREA
ROADS. COURT ROAD JUST SOUTH OF LONDON WAS STILL UNDER
WATER. CURRENTLY...ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS REMAIN IN
THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING
PROBLEMS. THEREFORE THE FLOOD WARNING WAS EXTENDED.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ROADS...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS
OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3694 8437 3700 8432 3719 8429 3729 8422
3732 8411 3726 8404 3725 8396 3717 8398
3711 8393 3711 8389 3705 8388 3698 8397
3699 8404 3694 8417 3696 8427
$$
RAY1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KJKL 011342 FFSJKL KYC125-011345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 841 AM EST WED DEC 1 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAUREL COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND ANY ONGOING RUNOFF IS NOT EXPECTED TO CREATE ANY NEW FLOODING CONCERNS...ENDING THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. PLEASE PASS YOUR FLOOD REPORTS TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON. $$ GEOGERIAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 11:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 3 hr |
| Dec 1, 12:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 6 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 4 hr |
| Dec 1, 6:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.