Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2006, 3:11 PM EDT for Knox County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 8, 2006, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2006, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Knox County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 938 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 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 081915 FFWJKL KYC121-082315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 311 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BARBOURVILLE * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 304 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 11 JUST SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 1304. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOOLLUM... TEDDERS...SPRULE...KNOXFORK...HAVEN...GIBBS...FOUNT...FLETCHER AND CRANES NEST ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. LAT...LON 3707 8396 3694 8411 3668 8389 3694 8358 $$ DUSTY
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KJKL 081954 FFSJKL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 348 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 KYC121-082315- KNOX KY- 348 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR KNOX COUNTY... AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE AREA JUST WEST GARRICH AND BARBOURVILLE HAS RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. THIS RAIN COUPLED WITH PREVIOUS RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS CREATED A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EROSE... BERTHA STATION...WOOLLUM...TEDDERS...SPRULE...SALT GUM...MOORE HILL...KNOXFORK...JARVIS...HAVEN...GREEN ROAD...GRAY...GIRDLER... GIBBS...GARRICH...FOUNT...FLETCHER...CRANES NEST AND SILER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. LAT...LON 3707 8396 3694 8411 3668 8389 3694 8358 $$ DUSTY
000 WGUS73 KJKL 082235 FFSJKL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 632 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 KYC121-082242- KNOX KY- 632 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR KNOX COUNTY... RAIN HAS ENDED IN KNOX COUNTY...AND COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE NOT REPORTING ANY ONGOING FLOODING AS OF 6:30 PM. LAT...LON 3707 8396 3694 8411 3668 8389 3694 8358 $$ HAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.