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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Jackson, KY

May 21, 2012Menifee County, Montgomery County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2012, 2:22 PM EDT for Menifee County, Montgomery 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: May 21, 2012, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

917 
WGUS53 KJKL 211822
FFWJKL
KYC165-173-212130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0019.120521T1822Z-120521T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
222 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  WEST CENTRAL MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FRENCHBURG...BEAN...CEDAR GROVES...CLAY LICK...CORNWELL...FAGAN...
  JEFFERSONVILLE...LUCKY STOP...MEANS...ROTHWELL AND TABOR.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
POWDER MILL BRANCH...SLATE CREEK...EAST FORK SLATE CREEK...SPRUCE
CREEK...INDIAN CREEK...SPAAS CREEK...LEATHERWOOD FORK...LOWER CANE
CREEK...RIGHT FORK CANE CREEK...MIDDLE FORK RIGHT FORK CANE CREEK...
MYERS FORK...COLDIRON FORK...BIG AMOS CREEK...SYCAMORE CREEK...MARTIN
FORK...PETER TRACE...AND BULL FORK.

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 3798 8360 3787 8364 3789 8375 3792 8376
      3791 8378 3791 8380 3792 8388 3800 8387

$$

GEOGERIAN

2 follow-up statements

936 
WGUS73 KJKL 211937
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
337 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012

KYC165-173-212130-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120521T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-
337 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY
AND WEST CENTRAL MENIFEE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
FRENCHBURG...BEAN...CEDAR GROVES...CLAY LICK...CORNWELL...FAGAN...
JEFFERSONVILLE...LUCKY STOP...MEANS...ROTHWELL AND TABOR.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
POWDER MILL BRANCH...SLATE CREEK...PRETTY RUN...EAST FORK SLATE
CREEK...SPRUCE CREEK...INDIAN CREEK...SPAAS CREEK...LEATHERWOOD
FORK...RIGHT FORK CANE CREEK...MIDDLE FORK RIGHT FORK CANE CREEK...
MYERS FORK...COLDIRON FORK...BIG AMOS CREEK...SYCAMORE CREEK...MARTIN
FORK...FICKLIN FORK...SOUTH FORK UPPER SPRUCE CREEK...AND BULL 
FORK.

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 3798 8360 3787 8364 3789 8375 3792 8376
      3791 8378 3791 8380 3792 8388 3800 8387

$$

GEOGERIAN

635 
WGUS73 KJKL 212120
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
520 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012

KYC165-173-212136-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120521T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-
520 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY AND WEST CENTRAL MENIFEE COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...

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 3798 8360 3787 8364 3789 8375 3792 8376
      3791 8378 3791 8380 3792 8388 3800 8387

$$

GEOGERIAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 12:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	37 min
May 21, 1:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee, Owsley	79 min
May 21, 2:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Menifee	89 min
May 21, 2:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery	41 min
May 21, 2:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Wolfe	88 min
May 21, 2:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel	86 min
May 21, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe	39 min
May 21, 2:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Powell, Wolfe	3 hr
May 21, 2:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Rowan	101 min
May 21, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee	49 min
May 21, 3:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Lee	88 min
May 21, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming	49 min
May 21, 3:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee	3 hr
May 21, 3:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming	3 hr
May 21, 3:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Laurel	75 min
May 21, 3:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	101 min
May 21, 3:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery	2 hr
May 21, 4:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	115 min
May 21, 4:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel	46 min
May 21, 5:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Fleming	108 min
May 21, 5:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Powell	3 hr
May 21, 6:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Fleming	3 hr
May 21, 6:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Whitley	3 hr

Nearby

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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.