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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2011, 4:59 PM EDT for Bath County, Fleming County, Rowan County, 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2011, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2011, 7:41 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
238
WGUS53 KJKL 232059
FFWJKL
KYC011-069-205-240300-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0010.110423T2059Z-110424T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
459 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING EAST ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. WEATHER RADAR INDICATES UP TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF FLEMING AND BATH COUNTIES BETWEEN
4 AND 445 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE
THROUGH.
* HEAVY RAINS FROM LAST NIGHT HAVE LEFT THE GROUND IN THIS AREA
SATURATED...AND RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE
FLOODING INCLUDE...FLEMINGSBURG...BETHEL...COWAN...CRAINTOWN...
CRANSTON...DALESBURG...ELIZAVILLE...FOXPORT...GATES...
GODDARD...GRANGE CITY...HALDEMAN...HAYS CROSSING...HILDA...
HILLSBORO...MOUNT CARMEL...MUNSON...MUSES MILLS...NEPTON...
ODESSA...PEBBLE...PECKS RIDGE...PLEASUREVILLE...
PLUMMERS LANDING...POPLAR PLAINS...REYNOLDSVILLE...
RINGOS MILLS... SHARKEY...SHERBURNE...AND TILTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
JACKSON KY.
&&
LAT...LON 3849 8358 3844 8357 3839 8340 3834 8336
3832 8333 3823 8330 3816 8398 3820 8398
3830 8386 3833 8385 3835 8391 3841 8394
3845 8399 3850 8394 3847 8386 3853 8364
$$
HAL1 follow-up statement
502
WGUS73 KJKL 232341
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
741 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011
KYC011-069-205-232356-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110424T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLEMING KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-
741 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
BATH...NORTHERN ROWAN AND FLEMING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3849 8358 3844 8357 3839 8340 3834 8336
3832 8333 3823 8330 3816 8398 3820 8398
3830 8386 3833 8385 3835 8391 3841 8394
3845 8399 3850 8394 3847 8386 3853 8364
$$
RICHEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 6:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 7:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 35 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 4:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.