Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2012, 9:48 PM EDT for McCreary County, Whitley 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 3, 2012, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2012, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
209
WGUS53 KJKL 040148
FFWJKL
KYC147-235-040500-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0016.120404T0148Z-120404T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
948 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
WESTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT
* AT 946 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PERKINS LANE IN THE PINE
KNOT AREA OF SOUTHERN MCCREARY COUNTY IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WHITLEY
CITY...WILLIAMSBURG...AYERS...BEULAH HEIGHTS...BLUE HERON...BON...
BOUNTY...CLIO...CUMBERLAND FALLS S.P....DEERING...DUCKRUN...
EMLYN...FABER...FAIRVIEW...GOLDBUG...HOLLYHILL...HONEYBEE...JELLICO
CREEK...KRUPP...LIBERTY...MARSHES SIDING...MOUNTAIN ASH...PARKERS
LAKE...PINE KNOT...PLEASANT VIEW...RED ASH...REDBIRD...ROCKHOLDS...
SAXTON AND STEARNS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 3659 8413 3660 8459 3685 8455 3690 8408
3687 8406 3658 8411
$$
DUSTY2 follow-up statements
628
WGUS73 KJKL 040415
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1215 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012
KYC147-235-040500-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120404T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCCREARY KY-WHITLEY KY-
1215 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WHITLEY AND
EASTERN MCCREARY COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM EDT...
AT 1213 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS
STILL OCCURRING IN THE WILD BILL STEVENS ROAD AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3659 8413 3660 8459 3685 8455 3690 8408
3687 8406 3658 8411
$$
GREIF280
WGUS73 KJKL 040505
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
105 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012
KYC147-235-040520-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120404T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCCREARY KY-WHITLEY KY-
105 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WHITLEY AND
EASTERN MCCREARY 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.
ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT.
LAT...LON 3659 8413 3660 8459 3685 8455 3690 8408
3687 8406 3658 8411
$$
GREIFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 68 min |
| Apr 3, 11:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher | 9 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 23 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Pike | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 3 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.