Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2004, 1:37 PM EST for Knox County, 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
- Feb 5, 2004, 1:37 PM EST (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2004, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 838 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 051837
FFWJKL
KYC121-125-052230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
137 PM EST THU FEB 5 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LAUREL COUNTY
KNOX COUNTY
* UNTIL 530 PM EST
* AT 126 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN BETWEEN 10:30 AM AND 1:30 PM NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF
NORTH CORBIN...LILY...AND LYNN CAMP. ADDITIONAL MODERATE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...WITH AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN A HALF
INCH AND AN INCH EXPECTED BETWEEN 1:30 AND 5:30 PM.
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. 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 3693 8408 3697 8412 3694 8418 3698 8422
3721 8396 3711 8393 3711 8387 3706 8390
3703 8382 3685 8407
$$
GEOGERIAN3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KJKL 052042 FFSJKL KYC121-125-199-231-052230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 342 PM EST THU FEB 5 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAUREL...PULASKI...WAYNE...AND KNOX COUNTIES UNTIL 5:30 PM EST... AT 2:30 PM...COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED HIGH WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS IN PULASKI COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR ANTIOCK AVENUE NEAR BURNSIDE STREET AS WELL AS THE INTERSECTION OF NO MANS LANE AND OAKHILL ROAD NEAR SOMERSET. AT 3:30 PM...COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THAT THE STATE POLICE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING EAST HIGHWAY 92 APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES EAST OF MONTICELLO IN WAYNE COUNTY. EXPECT MODERATE RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH EXPECTED BETWEEN 3:30 AND 5:30 PM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ROADS...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON. $$ GEOGERIAN
000 WGUS73 KJKL 052049 CCA FFSJKL KYC121-125-199-231-052230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED WORDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 342 PM EST THU FEB 5 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAUREL...PULASKI...WAYNE...AND KNOX COUNTIES UNTIL 5:30 PM EST... AT 2:30 PM...COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED HIGH WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS IN PULASKI COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR ANTIOCK AVENUE NEAR BURNSIDE...AS WELL AS THE INTERSECTION OF NO MANS LANE AND OAKHILL ROAD NEAR SOMERSET. AT 3:30 PM...COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THAT THE STATE POLICE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING EAST HIGHWAY 92 APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES EAST OF MONTICELLO IN WAYNE COUNTY. EXPECT MODERATE RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH EXPECTED BETWEEN 3:30 AND 5:30 PM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO 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 REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON. $$ GEOGERIAN
000 WGUS73 KJKL 052224 FFSJKL KYC121-125-052300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 524 PM EST THU FEB 5 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAUREL AND KNOX COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 5:30 PM... THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ON ANY ROAD CLOSURES. ONLY ISOLATED LOW SPOTS ACROSS BOTH COUNTIES CONTINUE TO HAVE HIGH WATER. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ GEOGERIAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 1:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 2 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 91 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.