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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Jackson, KY

September 22, 200633 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood watch at Sep 22, 2006, 11:32 PM EDT for 33 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2006, 11:32 PM EDT (03:32 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2006, 6:27 AM EDT
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity
None
All 33 counties

Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 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 00:00Z on 2006-09-23Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 345 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Sep 22, 5:25 PM EDT, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 5:25 PM EDT, 6 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 9:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
949 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2006

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-231100-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-
949 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS.
HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS WILL RECEIVE
HEAVY RAIN AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT
RAINFALL...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND INTO SATURDAY EVENING AHEAD OF A UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT.
WHILE DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT...LARGE HAIL AND A
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL AND
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A BAND OF SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS EAST KENTUCKY FROM SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER
LATER TONIGHT AND ON SATURDAY AND FOR HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING.

KYZ086>088-104-106>120-231100-
KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-
BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
949 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL HAVE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND INTO SATURDAY EVENING AHEAD OF A UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD
FRONT...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A SANDY HOOK TO MANCHESTER TO MIDDLESBORO
LINE. WHILE DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT...LARGE HAIL
AND A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL AND
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A BAND OF SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS EAST KENTUCKY FROM SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND FOR HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 2:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan3 hr
Sep 23, 3:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMenifee3 hr
Sep 23, 4:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMorgan3 hr
Sep 23, 4:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski, Wayne23 min
Sep 23, 5:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBath, Montgomery, Rowan3 hr
Sep 23, 8:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel3 hr
Sep 23, 11:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnox4 hr
Sep 23, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Powell27 min
Sep 23, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski, Wayne40 min
Sep 23, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee13 min
Sep 23, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Rockcastle39 min
Sep 23, 5:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Powell3 hr
Sep 23, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee, Owsley47 min
Sep 23, 6:07 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLaurel23 min
Sep 23, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt51 min
Sep 23, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, Whitley27 min
Sep 23, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary28 min
Sep 23, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin24 min
Sep 23, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd31 min
Sep 23, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson27 min
Sep 23, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWhitley24 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.