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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 2011, 8:14 AM 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 12, 2011, 8:14 AM EDT (12:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2011, 11:22 AM 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:16 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
034
WGUS53 KJKL 121214
FFWJKL
KYC011-069-205-121800-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0007.110412T1214Z-110412T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
814 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTH CENTRAL BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTH CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 811 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED CREEKS
OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE WALLINGFORD AREA WASHING OUT A DRIVEWAY.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING
OVER THE WARNED AREA WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING
PROBLEMS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FLEMINGSBURG...COWAN...CRAINTOWN...DALESBURG...ELIZAVILLE...
FOXPORT...GODDARD...GRANGE CITY...HILLSBORO...MOUNT CARMEL...MUSES
MILLS...NEPTON...PEBBLE...PECKS RIDGE...PLEASUREVILLE...PLUMMERS
LANDING...POPLAR PLAINS...SHERBURNE...TILTON AND WALLINGFORD.
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 3849 8358 3844 8357 3840 8346 3840 8341
3835 8337 3829 8361 3820 8366 3831 8386
3833 8385 3835 8390 3841 8394 3845 8399
3850 8394 3847 8386 3853 8364
$$
ABE2 follow-up statements
691
WGUS73 KJKL 121444
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1044 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
KYC011-069-205-121800-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110412T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLEMING KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-
1044 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BATH...
NORTH CENTRAL ROWAN AND FLEMING COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
AT 1042 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL AND COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT SEVERAL ROADS
BEING IMPACTED BY HIGH WATER AT THIS TIME IN THE WARNED AREA. AN
ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN
1042 AM AND 200 PM TODAY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
FLEMINGSBURG...COWAN...CRAINTOWN...DALESBURG...ELIZAVILLE...
FOXPORT...GODDARD...GRANGE CITY...HILLSBORO...MOUNT CARMEL...MUSES
MILLS...NEPTON...PEBBLE...PECKS RIDGE...PLEASUREVILLE...PLUMMERS
LANDING...POPLAR PLAINS...SHERBURNE...TILTON AND WALLINGFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW
INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3849 8358 3844 8357 3840 8346 3840 8341
3835 8337 3829 8361 3820 8366 3831 8386
3833 8385 3835 8390 3841 8394 3845 8399
3850 8394 3847 8386 3853 8364
$$
ABE985
WGUS73 KJKL 121522
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1122 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
KYC011-069-205-121537-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110412T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLEMING KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-
1122 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
BATH...NORTH CENTRAL ROWAN AND FLEMING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS
ENDED. HOWEVER...COUNTY OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO INDICATE SEVERAL AREA
ROADS UNDERWATER OR BEING IMPACTED BY FLOOD WATERS AT THIS TIME AND
AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
LAT...LON 3849 8358 3844 8357 3840 8346 3840 8341
3835 8337 3829 8361 3820 8366 3831 8386
3833 8385 3835 8390 3841 8394 3845 8399
3850 8394 3847 8386 3853 8364
$$
ABEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 1:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 12, 6:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Johnson, Menifee, Montgomery and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 12, 7:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Morgan, Rowan | 4 hr |
| Apr 12, 7:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 9 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:23 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 55 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:23 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 67 hr |
| Apr 12, 11:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 49 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Rowan | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 4 hr |
| Apr 12, 5:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Morgan, Rowan | 10 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.