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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2011, 5:19 PM EDT for Floyd County, Magoffin County, Martin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 22, 2011, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2011, 7:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Floyd County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 5:30 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | Brainard, KY | MIDDLE CREEK IFLOWS GAUGE NEAR MILEMARKER 2 ON KY 114 REPORTED 2.48 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 3503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KJKL 222119
FFWJKL
KYC071-153-159-230030-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0039.110722T2119Z-110723T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
519 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE SEEN OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN
4:30 AND 5:15 PM. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IS
EXPECTED BETWEEN 5:15 AND 6 PM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PRESTONSBURG...SALYERSVILLE...AUXIER...BAYS BRANCH...BONANZA...
BRADLEY...BRAINARD...BURNING FORK...CLIFF...CONLEY...CORN FORK
HOLLOW...DICKS CREEK...DOTSON...EAST POINT...GALDIA...GAPVILLE...
GYPSY...IVYTON...LANCER...MARSHALLVILLE...MASHFORK...MASON...
NERO...ROYALTON...SKAGGS...STRINGTOWN...SUBLETT...SWAMPTON AND WEST
ROYALTON STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 3760 8301 3776 8308 3778 8296 3772 8295
3771 8291 3775 8279 3774 8270 3780 8267
3774 8270 3773 8269 3773 8266 3777 8266
3777 8265 3773 8266 3767 8263
$$
GEOGERIAN2 follow-up statements
579
WGUS73 KJKL 222204
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
604 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011
KYC071-153-159-230030-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110723T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARTIN KY-MAGOFFIN KY-FLOYD KY-
604 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN FLOYD...CENTRAL
MAGOFFIN AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...
AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH
FLOODING INCLUDE...PRESTONSBURG...SALYERSVILLE...AUXIER...BAYS
BRANCH...BONANZA...BRADLEY...BRAINARD...BURNING
FORK...CLIFF...CONLEY...CORN FORK HOLLOW...DICKS
CREEK...DOTSON...GALDIA...GAPVILLE...GYPSY...IVYTON...LANCER...MARSHA
LLVILLE...MASHFORK...MASON...ROYALTON...SKAGGS...SUBLETT...SWAMPTON
AND WEST ROYALTON STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3760 8301 3776 8308 3778 8296 3772 8295
3771 8291 3775 8279 3774 8270 3780 8267
3774 8270 3773 8269 3773 8266 3777 8266
3777 8265 3773 8266 3767 8263
$$
GEOGERIAN995
WGUS73 KJKL 222335
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
735 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011
KYC071-153-159-222350-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110723T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARTIN KY-MAGOFFIN KY-FLOYD KY-
735 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN FLOYD...
CENTRAL MAGOFFIN AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MARTIN 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 3760 8301 3776 8308 3778 8296 3772 8295
3771 8291 3775 8279 3774 8270 3780 8267
3774 8270 3773 8269 3773 8266 3777 8266
3777 8265 3773 8266 3767 8263
$$
GEOGERIANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 4:25 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan and 14 more | 64 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott, Rowan | 80 min |
| Jul 22, 4:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 115 min |
| Jul 22, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Rowan | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin | 53 min |
| Jul 22, 5:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Leslie, Perry | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Martin | 104 min |
| Jul 22, 5:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Leslie, Perry | 107 min |
| Jul 22, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 104 min |
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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.