Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2012, 6:02 PM EDT for Fleming 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, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fleming County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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, 10.0 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
112
WGUS53 KJKL 212202
FFWJKL
KYC069-220100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0023.120521T2202Z-120522T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
602 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 602 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...
COWAN...CRAINTOWN...ELIZAVILLE AND NEPTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
JOHNSON CREEK...LICKING RIVER...PLUGTOWN BRANCH...MILL CREEK...FLAT
FORK...MUD LICK CREEK...BUCHANAN CREEK...FLEMING CREEK...POORHOUSE
BRANCH...CASSIDY CREEK...SAP BRANCH AND LOCUST CREEK.
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 3835 8373 3837 8379 3834 8385 3836 8388
3835 8389 3835 8391 3836 8390 3837 8392
3849 8394 3849 8392 3846 8385 3849 8376
$$
GEOGERIAN2 follow-up statements
297
WGUS73 KJKL 212358
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
758 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
KYC069-220100-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120522T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLEMING KY-
758 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FLEMING
COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER
3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN MEASURED IN THE WARNING AREA. RAIN
CONTINUES TO FALL AND UP TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY FALL
OVER THE AREA. COUNTY DISPATCH HAS REPORT INDIVIDUALS STRANDED FROM
HIGH WATER ON LOCUST CREEK NEAR SOUTH LICK ROAD. A ROCK SLIDE FROM
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED ON SOUTH LICK ROAD...NEARLY CLOSING THE
ROAD.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
COWAN...CRAINTOWN...ELIZAVILLE AND NEPTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
JOHNSON CREEK...LICKING RIVER...PLUGTOWN BRANCH...MILL CREEK...FLAT
FORK...MUD LICK CREEK...BUCHANAN CREEK...FLEMING CREEK...POORHOUSE
BRANCH...CASSIDY CREEK...SAP BRANCH AND LOCUST CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3835 8373 3837 8379 3834 8385 3836 8388
3835 8389 3835 8391 3836 8390 3837 8392
3849 8394 3849 8392 3846 8385 3849 8376
$$
JACOBSON090
WGUS73 KJKL 220057 RRA
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
857 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
KYC069-220112-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120522T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLEMING KY-
857 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
FLEMING COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 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 3835 8373 3837 8379 3834 8385 3836 8388
3835 8389 3835 8391 3836 8390 3837 8392
3849 8394 3849 8392 3846 8385 3849 8376
$$
JACOBSONThe 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, 2:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| 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, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 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.