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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

March 6, 2004Floyd County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 6, 2004, 2:40 AM EST for Floyd 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
Mar 6, 2004, 2:40 AM EST (07:40 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2004, 5:45 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Floyd County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2004-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2004-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KJKL 060751
FFWJKL
KYC071-061045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
240 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FLOYD COUNTY

* UNTIL 545 AM EST

* AT 240 AM EST...A SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 2.8 MILES 
  SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 23 AND HIGHWAY 1427...
  OR ABOUT 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF PRESTONSBURG.  ONE FOOT OF FLOWING 
  WATER WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE INTERSECTION.  PEOPLE NEAR THIS 
  AREA SHOULD TAKE HEED AND AVOID THIS INTERSECTION.  IT IS LIKELY 
  THAT THERE ARE OTHER AREAS EXPERIENCING FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS.  
  
  ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF TO LIGHT TO MODERATE RATES...
  RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5:45 AM.

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 3733 8276 3743 8275 3748 8293 3754 8288
          3762 8290 3769 8295 3776 8275 3770 8261
          3751 8261 3743 8259 3729 8271

$$
HEINLEIN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KJKL 061009
FFSJKL
KYC071-061045-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
505 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...

  FLOYD COUNTY.

* UNTIL 545 AM EST.

* AT 240 AM EST...A SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 2.8 MILES        
  SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 23 AND HIGHWAY 1427...   
  OR ABOUT 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF PRESTONSBURG.  ONE FOOT OF FLOWING     
  WATER WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE INTERSECTION. PEOPLE NEAR THIS AREA  
  SHOULD TAKE HEED AND AVOID THIS INTERSECTION. IT IS LIKELY THAT    
  THIS AREA AND PERHAPS OTHERS ARE STILL EXPERIENCING FLASH FLOODING 
  PROBLEMS.  HOWEVER...NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 
PREDAWN HOURS.

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 3763 8282 3748 8283 3758 8262 3770 8277

$$
JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 11:04 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLRowan6 hr
Mar 5, 11:18 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery6 hr
Mar 5, 11:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLPowell6 hr
Mar 6, 4:27 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLetcher4 hr
Mar 6, 5:40 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan6 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.