Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 8, 2005, 12:08 AM EST for Jackson 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
- Jan 8, 2005, 12:08 AM EST (05:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2005, 3:15 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jackson County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 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 080510 FFWJKL KYC109-080815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1208 AM EST SAT JAN 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCKEE * UNTIL 315 AM EST * AT 1203 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED OVER ONE FOOT OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 421 IN MCKEE. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF JACKSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...BUT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3732 8407 3735 8388 3747 8390 3749 8409 $$ HYSELL
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KJKL 080626 FFSJKL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 122 AM EST SAT JAN 8 2005 KYC109-080815- JACKSON KY- 122 AM EST SAT JAN 8 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM EST FOR JACKSON COUNTY... AT 117 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT OVER A FOOT OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 421 IN MCKEE. SHOWERS AND EVEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH...SO ONLY AN ADDITIONAL ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS OF RAIN IS ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE FLASH FLOODING. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WANETA... TURKEY FOOT...NEW ZION...MACEDONIA...HURLEY...BRADSHAW AND MCKEE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3732 8407 3735 8388 3747 8390 3749 8409 $$ HYSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 10:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 4 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.