Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 2011, 7:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2011, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bell County, KY, Knox County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Barbourville, KY | 18 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ON CUMBERLAND AVENUE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
408
WGUS53 KJKL 272303
FFWJKL
KYC013-121-147-235-280500-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0011.110427T2303Z-110428T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
703 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT
* AT 700 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY 25 AT MOUNTAIN ASH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS
EVENING...PRODUCING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BARBOURVILLE...PINEVILLE...WILLIAMSBURG...ARJAY...ARKLE...
ARTEMUS...AVIS...AYERS...BAILEYS SWITCH...BARNYARD...BAUGHMAN...
BENTLEY STATION...BERTHA STATION...BIMBLE...BIRDSEYE...BLANCHE...
BON...BOONE HEIGHTS...BOUNTY...BRUSH CREEK...BRYANTS STORE...
CANNON...CARPENTER...CARY...CHENOA...CLATE...CRANES NEST...
DAVISBURG...DEWITT AND DISHMAN SPRINGS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 8444 3704 8384 3703 8383 3704 8380
3702 8378 3703 8375 3699 8371 3697 8365
3694 8351 3692 8350 3691 8351 3659 8392
$$
HAL2 follow-up statements
192
WGUS73 KJKL 280138
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
938 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
KYC013-121-147-235-280500-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110428T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX KY-WHITLEY KY-MCCREARY KY-BELL KY-
938 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BELL...
SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY...SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY AND KNOX COUNTIES UNTIL
100 AM EDT...
STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN BARBOURVILLE AROUND 8 PM...BUT THE
WATER HAD SINCE RECEDED. HOWEVER...AT 930 PM RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA...BRINGING
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BARBOURVILLE...PINEVILLE...WILLIAMSBURG...ARKLE...ARTEMUS...AVIS...
AYERS...BAILEYS SWITCH...BARNYARD...BAUGHMAN...BENTLEY STATION...
BIMBLE...BIRDSEYE...BLANCHE...BON...BOONE HEIGHTS...BOUNTY...BRUSH
CREEK...BRYANTS STORE...CANNON...CARPENTER...CARY...CHENOA...CLATE...
CRANES NEST...DAVISBURG...DEWITT...DISHMAN SPRINGS...DIXIE AND EMLYN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 8444 3704 8384 3703 8383 3704 8380
3702 8378 3703 8375 3699 8371 3697 8365
3694 8351 3692 8350 3691 8351 3659 8392
$$
HAL251
WGUS73 KJKL 280502
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
102 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
KYC013-121-147-235-280517-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110428T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX KY-WHITLEY KY-MCCREARY KY-BELL KY-
102 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
BELL...SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY...SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY AND KNOX COUNTIES
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
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 3660 8444 3704 8384 3703 8383 3704 8380
3702 8378 3703 8375 3699 8371 3697 8365
3694 8351 3692 8350 3691 8351 3659 8392
$$
HALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 8:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Wayne | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 8:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 9:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 9:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 10:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Clay, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Knox and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 7:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.