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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2010, 4:42 AM EDT for Elliott County, Morgan County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 21, 2010, 4:42 AM EDT (08:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2010, 6:46 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Elliott County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
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 Jul 21, 3:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 3:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 320 AM EDT WED JUL 21 2010 .SHORT TERM.../TODAY/...UPDATED A TRAINING LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS OF 07Z WILL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES THROUGH 09Z. OBSERVATIONS AND IR SATELLITE DEPICT A SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA WITH ISOLATED STORMS FIRING ALONG THIS LINE. THIS WILL PROVIDE SOME SURFACE BASED SUPPORT FOR STORMS MOVING INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY FOR LATER IN THE DAY. AS OF 07Z IR SHOWS THE MCS MOVING INTO INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY DISPLAYING SOME STRENGTHENING CHARACTERISTICS BUT OTHERWISE HOLDING TOGETHER WITH CLOUD TOP TEMPS OF 70+ DEGREES C. MESOSCALE MODELS SUGGEST TIMING OF THE MCS TO BE NEAR 16Z AND 17Z AND WITH THE CURRENT TRACK TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND NORTHERN COUNTIES...BASED ON FLEMING...ROWAN AND ELLIOTT RECEIVING RAIN THE NIGHT BEFORE...HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TILL 00Z FOR THESE COUNTIES. BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW TAKES A STRONGER DISTURBANCE TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH LITTLE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. RIDGING IS FOLLOWED FOR FRIDAY AND A DRY FORECAST IS EXPECTED. .LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/ UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL DOMINATE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD STRETCHING FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. A TROUGH WILL TRACK TO OUR NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND PERHAPS BEATING THE RIDGE DOWN A BIT BUT WE CONTINUED TO RELY ON THE FLATTER AND WEAKER MODELING OF THIS FEATURE MEANING WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR OUR AREA. AN EAST TO WEST ORIENTED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIE JUST TO OUR NORTH TO START THE PERIOD. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO TRIGGER WAVES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND WITH PWATS RETURNING TO OVER 2 INCHES... ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A CONCERN INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THIS FRONT WILL HEAD BACK TO OUR NORTH ON FRIDAY AS THE RIDGE TEMPORARILY BUILDS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE AREA SO WILL KEEP THE FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT FORECAST DRY. THE FRONT WILL THEN RETURN SOUTHWARD OVER THE WEEKEND AND POSSIBLY STALL OUT OVER OUR AREA AS THE TROUGH PASSES TO OUR NORTH. THIS WILL BRING A RENEWED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL VALUES. FRIDAY SHOULD BE OUR WARMEST DAY WITH HIGHS RETURNING TO THE LOWER 90S... BUT HIGHS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD SHOULD RESIDE IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90. WE BET ON A CONTINUED GFSX MOS WARM BIAS SO HELD FORECAST HIGHS SLIGHTLY UNDER THAT GUIDANCE. OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD REMAIN NEAR 70... WITH PERHAPS A BIT COOLER VALUES MONDAY NIGHT IF WE CAN GET A BRIEF PERIOD OF LOWER DEWPOINTS THIS FAR SOUTH. && .AVIATION.../00Z TO 24Z/ CURRENTLY...TSTMS HAVE FIRED OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN KY AND ARE MOVING ENE AT AROUND 25KTS. MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH THE PERIOD BUT A LOOSE CONSENSUS SUGGESTS THAT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE TAF SITES UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOME VALLEY FOG TO THE MIX AND EXPECT VSBYS GOING DOWN TO MVFR AT KSME AND KLOZ BY AROUND 7-9Z. KJKL WILL BE CLOSER TO THE INITIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF TSTMS AND AS SUCH HAVE INCLUDED VCTS THERE BEGINNING AROUND 09Z. OTHER TAFS SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE THE THREAT SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE IF NOT SOONER AND HAVE INCLUDED VCTS FOR ALL TAFS FROM 13Z ON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD...PICKING UP JUST A BIT TO AROUND 7 TO 10 KTS WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT SLIDES INTO THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...SHALLENBERGER LONG TERM...ABE AVIATION...JJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:52 AM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 11:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1153 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010 KYZ044-051-052-210445- FLEMING-ROWAN-BATH- 1153 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING... FLEMING... NORTHERN ROWAN AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BATH. AT 1153 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOXPORT TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT CARMEL TO COWAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAYSON TO 9 MILES NORTH OF FLEMINGSBURG TO 12 MILES WEST OF FLEMINGSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...TILTON AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT...WALLINGFORD AROUND 1205 AM EDT...HILLSBORO AROUND 1210 AM EDT...PLUMMERS LANDING AROUND 1215 AM EDT...WALTZ AROUND 1220 AM EDT... RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES 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. JACOBSON
Local storm report, Jul 21, 2:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
220 AM EDT WED JUL 21 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0125 AM FLASH FLOOD MOUNT CARMEL 38.49N 83.64W
07/21/2010 FLEMING KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOME RESIDENTS ARE EVACUATING DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0125 AM FLASH FLOOD DALESBURG 38.47N 83.68W
07/21/2010 FLEMING KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER COMING INTO HOMES. LOCAL CITIZENS ARE EVACUATING.
KY 57 WILL IS IMPASSABLE IN SOME AREAS.
0125 AM FLASH FLOOD FOXPORT 38.48N 83.59W
07/21/2010 FLEMING KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER COMING INTO HOMES AND OVER ROADWAYS. SOME RESIDENTS
ARE EVACUATING HOMES
&&
JJLocal storm report, Jul 21, 2:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
256 AM EDT WED JUL 21 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0242 AM HEAVY RAIN TRIPLETT 38.29N 83.40W
07/21/2010 E0.00 INCH ROWAN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER RESCUE FROM TRAILERS
&&
MBLocal storm report, Jul 21, 3:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 8:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 17 min |
| Jul 20, 8:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Clay, Elliott, Fleming, Harlan, Knox and 8 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Wolfe | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 6:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Fleming, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 80 min |
| Jul 21, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 3 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.