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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Jackson, KY

August 13, 2010Bell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2010, 3:50 PM EDT for Bell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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
Aug 13, 2010, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2010, 8:09 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Bell County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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.

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 Aug 13, 3:30 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:30 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 4:13 AM EDT, 11 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
413 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2010

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-141115-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...
PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...
CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...
HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...
INEZ...PIKEVILLE
413 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2010

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES OF BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES OF BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EXPECT THE STORMS TO BE MOST
NUMEROUS SUNDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COOL FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

DUSTY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 1:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
147 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2010

KYZ084-131815-
MCCREARY-
147 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTY THROUGH 215
PM EDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

   CENTRAL MCCREARY.

AT 147 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CO-OPERATIVE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF WHITLEY CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
5 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...CO-OPERATIVE
AROUND 155 PM EDT...BLUE HERON AROUND 215 PM EDT...

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP
TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...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.

GEOGERIAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 3:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel4 hr
Aug 13, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell4 hr
Aug 13, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Knox, Whitley45 min
Aug 13, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe44 min
Aug 13, 5:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Magoffin2 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.