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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2010, 10:08 PM EDT for Owsley 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 14, 2010, 10:08 PM EDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2010, 1:48 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Owsley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 368 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
- 233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 14, 9:31 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 9:31 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 445 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-083-104-106-108-111-152345- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-WAYNE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...MONTICELLO...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE 445 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 614 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST OF THESE MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. IN ADDITION...THE STORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND A POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND INTO THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S OVER MOST OF THE AREA SUNDAY. THE HUMIDITY WILL ALSO REMAIN HIGH...PRODUCING HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 FOR MOST LOCATIONS ONCE AGAIN. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ONCE AGAIN...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...FAVORING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS OF EACH DAY AS THE FRONT STALLS IN OUR GENERAL VICINITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OBSERVED WIND DAMAGE...FLOODING OR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH. KYZ080-084>088-107-109-110-112>120-152345- LAUREL-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD- BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN... WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN... BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ... PIKEVILLE 445 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE NIGHT. ANY OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING...PARTICULARLY OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S OVER MOST OF THE AREA SUNDAY. THE HUMIDITY WILL ALSO REMAIN HIGH...PRODUCING HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 FOR MOST LOCATIONS ONCE AGAIN. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ONCE AGAIN...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...FAVORING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS OF EACH DAY AS THE FRONT STALLS IN OUR GENERAL VICINITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OBSERVED WIND DAMAGE...FLOODING OR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH. ABE/GREIF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 7:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 723 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010 KYZ044-050>052-059-060-150015- FLEMING-ROWAN-BATH-MONTGOMERY-MENIFEE-POWELL- 723 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING... FLEMING... NORTHWESTERN ROWAN... BATH... MONTGOMERY... WEST CENTRAL MENIFEE AND NORTHWESTERN POWELL. AT 723 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF FAIRVIEW TO 21 MILES WEST OF WADES MILL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF CYNTHIANA TO LEXINGTON-FAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...COWAN AROUND 810 PM EDT...NEPTON AROUND 815 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. RICHEY
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 8:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin, Wolfe | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 9:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Owsley | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Martin | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Martin | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Martin, Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 2 more | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 5:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Rockcastle | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.