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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

June 2, 2009McCreary County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2009, 3:13 PM EDT for McCreary County, Kentucky. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2009, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2009, 5:07 PM EDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County McCreary County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 12:00Z on 2009-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1479 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2009-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KJKL 021913
FFWJKL
KYC147-022215-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0021.090602T1913Z-090602T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
313 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 310 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  PRECIPITATION HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL
  RAINFALL OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MCCREARY COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AREAS IN
  THE VICINITY OF STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...BEULAH HEIGHTS...
  CO-OPERATIVE...GREENWOOD...HONEYBEE AND MARSHES SIDING.

FLASH FLOODING IS BEING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN
AND MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER MCCREARY COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO WITH
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3676 8466 3679 8458 3686 8460 3695 8443
      3696 8437 3694 8436 3695 8434 3691 8431
      3689 8433 3685 8433 3684 8435 3683 8434
      3682 8436 3674 8434 3664 8459

$$

MACZKO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KJKL 022107
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
507 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009

KYC147-022117-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090602T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCCREARY KY-
507 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MCCREARY COUNTY...

HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO 
LONGER EXPECTED TO BE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT ACROSS MCCREARY COUNTY. 
THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 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 3676 8466 3679 8458 3686 8460 3695 8443
      3696 8437 3694 8436 3695 8434 3691 8431
      3689 8433 3685 8433 3684 8435 3683 8434
      3682 8436 3674 8434 3664 8459

$$

MACZKO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley51 min
Jun 2, 1:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley62 min
Jun 2, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, Whitley55 min
Jun 2, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Whitley53 min
Jun 2, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski54 min
Jun 2, 2:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLKnox, Laurel, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley74 min
Jun 2, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel58 min
Jun 2, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley53 min
Jun 2, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Wayne, Whitley19 min
Jun 2, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle33 min
Jun 2, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Rockcastle55 min
Jun 2, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Harlan, Leslie40 min
Jun 2, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Owsley55 min
Jun 2, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Leslie, Owsley, Perry42 min
Jun 2, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming39 min
Jun 2, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Powell59 min
Jun 2, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming, Rowan50 min
Jun 2, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike37 min
Jun 2, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan, Wolfe40 min
Jun 2, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan52 min
Jun 2, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike51 min
Jun 2, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan47 min
Jun 2, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin, Pike44 min
Jun 2, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Morgan, Rowan39 min
Jun 2, 6:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLPike3 hr

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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.