Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2004, 1:13 PM EDT for Breathitt County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2004, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Breathitt County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:03 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Oakdale, KY | HWY 52E AT OAKDALE IS IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. REPORTED BY DISPATCH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KJKL 301716
FFWJKL
KYC025-302015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
113 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY
HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BREATHITT COUNTY IN KENTUCKY.
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.
* AT 110 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER RISING OVER MULTIPLE
ROADS IN BREATHITT COUNTY. THE STORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY
RAINFALL WERE EXITING THE COUNTY TO THE SOUTHEAST SHORTLY PAST 1 PM.
HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.
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 3737 8354 3738 8341 3744 8315 3755 8300
3767 8316 3768 8351 3752 8360
$$
HAL2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KJKL 301902
FFSJKL
KYC025-119-193-302015-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
247 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BREATHITT COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT.
* KNOTT COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT.
* PERRY COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT.
AROUND 130 PM MULTIPLE ROADS WERE REPORTED HAVING WATER FLOWING
OVER THEM IN BREATHITT AND PERRY COUNTIES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE IN THE VICINITY THIS
AFTERNOON.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ROADS...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS
OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH
FLOODING
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
PLEASE PASS YOUR FLOOD REPORTS TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON.
LAT...LON 3767 8330 3758 8360 3731 8350 3724 8329
3702 8314 3718 8301 3731 8271
$$
OUDEMAN000
WGUS73 KJKL 302015
FFSJKL
KYC025-302030-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
413 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BREATHITT COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
AT 413 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY
RAIN HAS ENDED AND IS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLOODING...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
AT 413 PM EDT JACKSON CITY POLICE REPORTED NO FLOODING PROBLEMS IN
THE COUNTY.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING.
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.
LAT...LON 3751 8359 3734 8351 3743 8314 3756 8299
3771 8338
$$
OUDEMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 22 min |
| May 30, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Letcher, Perry | 51 min |
| May 30, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Perry | 3 hr |
| May 30, 1:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott | 3 hr |
| May 30, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay | 28 min |
| May 30, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 35 min |
| May 30, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan | 49 min |
| May 30, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 47 min |
| May 30, 3:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Leslie, Letcher | 3 hr |
| May 30, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson | 31 min |
| May 30, 3:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan | 4 hr |
| May 30, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay | 36 min |
| May 30, 3:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay | 4 hr |
| May 30, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 25 min |
| May 30, 4:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott, Perry | 4 hr |
| May 30, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Leslie | 37 min |
| May 30, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Harlan | 41 min |
| May 30, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan | 17 min |
| May 30, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill | 41 min |
| May 30, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Leslie | 23 min |
| May 30, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson | 49 min |
| May 30, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Powell | 42 min |
| May 30, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell | 51 min |
| May 30, 6:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Montgomery, Powell | 4 hr |
| May 30, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Powell | 44 min |
| May 30, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 51 min |
| May 30, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill | 41 min |
| May 30, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 34 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.