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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY

January 23, 2006Powell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 23, 2006, 6:14 AM EST for Powell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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 23, 2006, 6:14 AM EST (11:14 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2006, 8:15 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Powell County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2006-01-23Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 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
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 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 231115
FFWJKL
KYC197-231315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
614 AM EST MON JAN 23 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  POWELL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 815 AM EST

* AT 612 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   
  FLOODING CONTINUES FROM THE EARLIER RAINS. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTBEND...
  WALTERSVILLE...VIRDEN...POWELL VALLEY...CAT CREEK...ROSSLYN...
  BOWEN...STANTON AND CLAY CITY.

NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE WILL AFFECT THE WARNED AREA. 
HOWEVER...THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT FOR 
FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...THE AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE 
TO RUN HIGH THIS MORNING. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3790 8388 3792 8377 3783 8365 3773 8371
      3772 8373 3777 8379 3775 8383 3777 8384
      3778 8394 3784 8397 3786 8403 3792 8400
      3793 8396

$$

GREIF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 11:28 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan6 hr
Jan 22, 11:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLRockcastle6 hr
Jan 23, 12:19 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLPowell6 hr
Jan 23, 12:24 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Jackson6 hr
Jan 23, 1:12 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLee, Owsley6 hr
Jan 23, 1:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski4 hr
Jan 23, 1:22 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLMenifee6 hr
Jan 23, 1:44 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLWayne6 hr
Jan 23, 1:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLMcCreary6 hr
Jan 23, 3:52 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLWhitley4 hr
Jan 23, 5:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski2 hr
Jan 23, 5:19 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLMontgomery116 min
Jan 23, 6:18 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Jackson117 min
Jan 23, 7:10 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLee, Owsley2 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.