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Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY

March 2, 201220 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this areal flood warning at Mar 2, 2012, 11:56 PM EST for 20 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 12 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
Mar 2, 2012, 11:56 PM EST (04:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2012, 12:00 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bath County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Lee County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
100 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 2, 10:39 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 10:39 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 2, 10:48 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 2, 11:16 PM EST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1116 PM EST FRI MAR 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0548 PM     TORNADO          WELLINGTON              37.92N 83.50W
03/02/2012                   MENIFEE            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HOUSES DAMAGED FROM TORNADO.

0548 PM     HAIL             WELLINGTON              37.92N 83.50W
03/02/2012  E1.75 INCH       MENIFEE            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

0610 PM     HAIL             2 S CAINS STORE         37.10N 84.85W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       PULASKI            KY   AMATEUR RADIO

0610 PM     HAIL             1 S COMBS               37.65N 84.11W
03/02/2012  E1.75 INCH       ESTILL             KY   PUBLIC

&&

ABE
Local storm report, Mar 2, 11:22 PM EST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1122 PM EST FRI MAR 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0717 PM     HAIL             THELMA                  37.82N 82.77W
03/02/2012  E1.75 INCH       JOHNSON            KY   PUBLIC

            HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE OCCURRED AND HAIL COVERED THE
            GROUND TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT TWO INCHES.

&&

JP
Local storm report, Mar 2, 11:38 PM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1138 PM EST FRI MAR 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W MOREHEAD            38.19N 83.46W
03/02/2012                   ROWAN              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREES DOWN...GUTTERS RIPPED AWAY FROM
            HOUSES...FENCE LAID OVER AND ALSO A PORCH DAMAGED ON A
            HOUSE.

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Local storm report, Mar 2, 11:39 PM EST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1139 PM EST FRI MAR 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEANDER                 37.75N 82.87W
03/02/2012                   JOHNSON            KY   PUBLIC

            A DOUBLEWIDE MOBILE HOME WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN
            DESTROYED NEAR LEANDER. TIME OF EVENT IS ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

&&

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 7:04 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe41 min
Mar 2, 7:08 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle37 min
Mar 2, 7:11 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin49 min
Mar 2, 7:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Owsley, Rockcastle46 min
Mar 2, 7:22 PM ESTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Martin and 4 more5 hr
Mar 2, 7:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan, Letcher23 min
Mar 2, 7:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe52 min
Mar 2, 7:24 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLKnox, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley36 min
Mar 2, 7:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Martin32 min
Mar 2, 7:34 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin26 min
Mar 2, 7:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott, Magoffin, Perry45 min
Mar 2, 7:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Powell, Wolfe4 hr
Mar 2, 7:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike48 min
Mar 2, 7:58 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley32 min
Mar 2, 8:22 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan23 min
Mar 2, 8:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Harlan19 min
Mar 3, 12:05 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, McCreary, Whitley12 hr
Mar 3, 2:00 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLBell13 hr
Mar 3, 2:23 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLWhitley14 hr
Mar 3, 7:43 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLKnox26 hr
Mar 3, 11:11 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Powell42 hr
Mar 3, 1:58 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLWhitley12 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2012Every areal flood warning in 2012

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.