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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2010, 1:25 AM EDT for Martin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 5 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
- May 18, 2010, 1:25 AM EDT (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2010, 6:16 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Martin County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at May 17, 7:06 PM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 7:06 PM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 340 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2010 KYZ079-080-083>088-110-113-115>118-120-182245- PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT- PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD...MANCHESTER... HYDEN...WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 340 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 179 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WITH SATURATED SOILS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL POSE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD ALSO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL A SECONDARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE. KYZ119-182245- MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INEZ 340 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WITH SATURATED SOILS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL POSE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF FLOODING TO THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE. KYZ044-051-052-104-106-107-182245- FLEMING-BATH-ROWAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE 340 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KYZ050-058>060-068-069-108-109-111-112-114-182245- MONTGOMERY-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN- LEE-BREATHITT-OWSLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...IRVINE...STANTON... FRENCHBURG...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...BOONEVILLE 340 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 179 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO THE JACKSON OFFICE. AR
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 17, 7:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Perry | 25 min |
| May 17, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Letcher | 31 min |
| May 17, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher | 29 min |
| May 18, 12:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.