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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Jackson, KY
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 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 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.
- 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
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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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Fleming | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Fleming | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Rowan | 13 min |
| Jun 4, 3:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Fleming | 111 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.