Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 2007, 6:12 PM EDT for Wayne 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2007, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2007, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 372 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KJKL 042213
FFWJKL
KYC231-050015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
612 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY
HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAINFALL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AREAS IN
THE VICINITY OF BARRIER...BETSEY...COOPERSVILLE...DELTA...DENNEY...
FRAZER AND GREGORY.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER AREAS THAT HAVE
ALREADY SEEN HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND
A HALF INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 6
AND 7 PM.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS 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.
TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3668 8486 3669 8473 3677 8467 3679 8463
3682 8460 3688 8460 3698 8471 3696 8480
3682 8485
$$
GEOGERIAN2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KJKL 042305
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
705 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2007
KYC231-050015-
WAYNE KY-
705 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE
WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STEUBENVILLE...MILL SPRINGS...KIDDER...GREGORY...FRAZER...DELTA AND
BETSEY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3668 8486 3669 8473 3677 8467 3679 8463
3682 8460 3688 8460 3698 8471 3696 8480
3682 8485
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
$$
GEOGERIAN000
WGUS73 KJKL 050015
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
815 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2007
KYC231-050025-
WAYNE KY-
815 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED AT 8:15 PM FOR EASTERN WAYNE
COUNTY...
THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA...ENDING THE THREAT
OF FLASH FLOODING...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
MIDNIGHT...CONTINUING TO THREATEN AREAS WITH URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
NUISANCE FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3668 8486 3669 8473 3677 8467 3679 8463
3682 8460 3688 8460 3698 8471 3696 8480
3682 8485
$$
GEOGERIANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Knox and 8 more | 28 hr |
| May 4, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie | 23 min |
| May 4, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 34 min |
| May 4, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 45 min |
| May 4, 6:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 113 min |
| May 4, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Laurel | 41 min |
| May 4, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay | 3 hr |
| May 4, 6:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| May 4, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 97 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.