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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY

April 3, 2007Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2007, 9:15 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
Apr 3, 2007, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2007, 11:15 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 01:18 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 00:00Z, 1.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2007-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1678 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2007-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1678 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
10.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KJKL 040119
FFWJKL
KYC231-040315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
915 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTICELLO...

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 913 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE   
  WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            
  MONTICELLO...STEUBENVILLE...PARNELL...MILL SPRINGS...KIDDER...     
  GREGORY...  FRAZER...DELTA...CABELL AND BETSEY.

RADAR INDICATED THAT AN AREA IN NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY HAS 
RECEIVED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 8 AND 9:15 
PM EST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE 
THROUGH THE AREA. 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.

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 3675 8502 3674 8467 3689 8459 3698 8469
      3700 8489 3684 8507

$$

RAY
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KJKL 040210
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1010 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

KYC231-040315-
WAYNE KY-
1010 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 1005 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD EXITED THE AREA. 
HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY...AND 
ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED.  

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF 
THE EVENING HOURS AS ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 
MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH 
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
TO POSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE AREA. 

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.

ALSO...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM 
EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3675 8502 3674 8467 3689 8459 3698 8469
      3700 8489 3684 8507

$$

RAY
000 
WGUS73 KJKL 040310
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1110 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

KYC231-040315-
WAYNE KY-
1110 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 11 PM EST...COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO REPORTS 
OF ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED 
FOR NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1115 PM. 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT 
HOURS. HOWEVER...NO FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY...A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT 
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3675 8502 3674 8467 3689 8459 3698 8469
      3700 8489 3684 8507

$$

RAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson52 min
Apr 3, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee36 min
Apr 3, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPowell28 min
Apr 3, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee, Wolfe46 min
Apr 3, 8:47 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPulaski43 min
Apr 3, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWayne41 min
Apr 3, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel40 min
Apr 3, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMorgan38 min
Apr 3, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski66 min
Apr 3, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Owsley, Rockcastle48 min
Apr 3, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Magoffin56 min
Apr 3, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay51 min
Apr 3, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox, Whitley59 min
Apr 3, 9:23 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLaurel34 min
Apr 3, 9:26 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLWhitley39 min
Apr 3, 9:30 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay36 min
Apr 3, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie, Perry56 min
Apr 3, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell28 min
Apr 3, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox, Leslie38 min
Apr 3, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan38 min
Apr 3, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher54 min
Apr 4, 4:25 AM EDTFreeze WarningJKLBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more30 hr

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.