Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2008, 5:52 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 30, 2008, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2008, 8:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Laurel County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1035 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KJKL 302153
FFWJKL
KYC125-147-199-231-235-310045-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0021.080730T2152Z-080731T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
552 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TORRENTIAL RAIN FALLING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AREAS IN
THE VICINITY OF BURNSIDE...ALPINE...BRONSTON...FRAZER...GENERAL
BURNSIDE S.P....HUXLEY AND MOUNT VICTORY.
FLASH FLOODING IS BEING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN
AND MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS.
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.
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 3703 8470 3703 8436 3688 8419 3668 8422
3673 8444 3685 8446 3695 8471
$$
RAY1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KJKL 310035
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
835 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2008
KYC125-147-199-231-235-310044-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080731T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI KY-LAUREL KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY-MCCREARY KY-
835 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN
MCCREARY...NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL AND SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTIES...
THERE HAVE NO REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED.
TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3703 8470 3703 8436 3688 8419 3668 8422
3673 8444 3685 8446 3695 8471
$$
RAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, Perry, Wolfe | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 1:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Knott, Letcher, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry, Pike | 50 min |
| Jul 30, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel | 41 min |
| Jul 30, 3:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 4:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 111 min |
| Jul 30, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 63 min |
| Jul 30, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 25 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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.