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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Jackson, KY

June 12, 20104 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2010, 6:41 PM EDT for 4 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2010, 6:41 PM EDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2010, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Elliott County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2010-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 414 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 2010-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
414 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 12, 3:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
300 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

.SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...UPDATED

MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE SHORT TERM. IN GENERAL...WE WILL
BE DOMINATED BY THE UPPER RIDGE. THE FRONT WILL BE TO THE WEST AND
NORTH OF THE AREA AND WE WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR. THERE WILL BE A
COMBINATION OF SHORT WAVES AND AFTERNOON HEATING WHICH WILL BE THE
MAIN DRIVER IN GETTING THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY GOING. WITH THE MODELS
IN GOOD AGREEMENT...KEPT PRETTY CLOSE TO MOS AND TENDED TO PREFER THE
NAM FOR THE FIRST 36 HOURS OF THE FORECAST.

.LONG TERM.../TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...UPDATED

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT MID/UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL
REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE
NORMAL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD...AND ALSO KEEP HUMID CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE AREA. SHORT WAVES TRAVERSING THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF
THE RIDGE WILL BRING A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT NOW APPEARS THE RIDGE MAY BE DOMINANT ENOUGH ON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY TO KEEP PRECIPITATION CHANCES OUT OF THE
FORECAST...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM CANNOT
TOTALLY BE RULED OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A COLD FRONT IS
FORECAST TO APPROACH THE AREA ON SATURDAY...AND WILL INTRODUCE A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.AVIATION.../18Z TO 18Z/

A SHORT WAVE IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THERE WAS A LINE OF
SHOWERS WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH EXTENDS FROM ELLIOT TO
CLAY COUNTY. THERE WAS ALSO A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS WITH SOME ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY OVER MARTIN AND PIKE COUNTIES. ALL OF THIS
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING TO THE EAST. THE AIR IS STILL
UNSTABLE BEHIND THIS SHORT WAVE AND SO CAN EXPECT SOME SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TO BUILD UP THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORM WILL LIKELY BE
MORE WIDESPREAD THAN WHAT WE SAW THIS MORNING...BUT POTENTIALLY THEY
COULD BE STRONGER AND MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE SOME STRONG WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL.

VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN MOST AREAS TODAY...EXCEPT FOR SOME
TEMPO IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE EXTENT OF
THE FOG WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH CLOUD COVER PERSISTS THROUGH THE
NIGHT. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT AT LEAST IFR VISIBILITIES WILL BE
WIDESPREAD TONIGHT...EXCEPT FOR RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS WHERE VFR WITH
SOME MVFR...ESPECIALLY NEAR DAWN...SHOULD PREVAIL.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...JJ
LONG TERM...SBH
AVIATION...JJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 4:30 AM EDT, 14 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
430 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-131100-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
430 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SOME STORMS
COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

ADDITIONALLY...ANY SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OR STORMS THAT PASS
REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME LOCATION WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL.
THIS MAY CAUSE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS
THAT HAVE SEEN RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY MEASURED HEAVY RAINFALL OF AN
INCH OR MORE IN AN HOUR...AS WELL AS FLOODING OR STRONG WIND GUSTS
TODAY.

GEOGERIAN

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Magoffin, Morgan32 min
Jun 12, 4:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLJohnson, Magoffin, Morgan3 hr
Jun 12, 5:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Elliott, Fleming, Morgan, Rowan3 hr
Jun 12, 6:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLLetcher, Pike3 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.