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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Jackson, KY

June 4, 20084 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood watch at Jun 4, 2008, 1:28 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2008, 1:28 PM EDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2008, 7:55 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity
None

Counties Bath County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 565 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 288 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
565 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
7.8

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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 Jun 4, 12:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 12:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:53 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
953 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

KYZ044-051-052-041430-
FLEMING-ROWAN-BATH-
953 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

...AN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT EASTERN FLEMING...
NORTHERN ROWAN...AND NORTHWESTERN BATH COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

AT 953 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON
SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
WALLINGFORD TO HILLSBORO TO 5 MILES WEST OF REYNOLDSVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR WALTZ AROUND 1000 AM EDT...TRIPLETT AROUND
1005 AM EDT...MUNSON AROUND 1010 AM EDT...AND HALDEMAN AROUND 1015 AM
EDT.

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40
TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

WJM
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1152 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

KYZ044-052-041615-
FLEMING-ROWAN-
1152 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN FLEMING AND NORTH CENTRAL
ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

AT 1152 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON
INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR CRAINTOWN...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WALLINGFORD AROUND NOON EDT...AND FOXPORT
AROUND 1205 PM EDT.

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40
TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

WJM
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1215 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

KYZ044-041645-
FLEMING-
1215 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN FLEMING COUNTY THROUGH
1245 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

AT 1215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON
INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAIRVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 53
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR FLEMINGSBURG AROUND 1220 PM EDT...DALESBURG
AROUND 1225 PM EDT...AND MOUNT CARMEL AROUND 1230 PM EDT.

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40
TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

WJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFleming2 hr
Jun 4, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming34 min
Jun 4, 2:39 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLFleming36 min
Jun 4, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming31 min
Jun 4, 3:02 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLRowan13 min
Jun 4, 3:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFleming111 min

Nearby

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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.