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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Jackson, KY

May 30, 2004Breathitt County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 2:03 PM EDTFLASH FLOODOakdale, KYHWY 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

HAL
2 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

$$

OUDEMAN
000 
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

$$

OUDEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 12:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt22 min
May 30, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott, Letcher, Perry51 min
May 30, 1:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPerry3 hr
May 30, 1:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnott3 hr
May 30, 2:02 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay28 min
May 30, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie35 min
May 30, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan49 min
May 30, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson47 min
May 30, 3:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLeslie, Letcher3 hr
May 30, 3:14 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLJackson31 min
May 30, 3:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan4 hr
May 30, 3:39 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay36 min
May 30, 3:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay4 hr
May 30, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay25 min
May 30, 4:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnott, Perry4 hr
May 30, 4:38 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLeslie37 min
May 30, 4:49 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLHarlan41 min
May 30, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan17 min
May 30, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill41 min
May 30, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLeslie23 min
May 30, 6:26 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLJackson49 min
May 30, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPowell42 min
May 30, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Powell51 min
May 30, 6:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Montgomery, Powell4 hr
May 30, 7:31 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPowell44 min
May 30, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMontgomery51 min
May 30, 7:49 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill41 min
May 30, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWolfe34 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.