Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2012, 1:19 PM EDT for Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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 29, 2012, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 3:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
386
WGUS53 KJKL 291719
FFWJKL
KYC235-292030-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0025.120529T1719Z-120529T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
119 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN
THIS AREA IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO
TWO INCHES ON THE WAY. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...LITTLE CANE CREEK AND BUCK CREEK IN ADDITION TO THE
FOLLOWING TOWNS...CARPENTER...DIXIE...FAIRVIEW...GATLIFF...
GAUSDALE...LOT...NEVISDALE...PACKARD...POLLY CAMP...RED
ASH...SAXTON...VERNE AND WILKERSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 8414 3670 8411 3677 8399 3677 8398
3676 8398 3676 8397 3675 8396 3673 8396
3671 8393 3659 8397 3658 8413
$$
GREIF2 follow-up statements
788
WGUS73 KJKL 291849
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
249 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
KYC235-292030-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120529T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WHITLEY KY-
249 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY
COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...CARPENTER...DIXIE...FAIRVIEW...GATLIFF...GAUSDALE...GOINS..
.LOT...NEVISDALE...PACKARD...POLLY CAMP...RED ASH...SAXTON...VERNE
AND WILKERSON. IN ADDITION...LITTLE LANE CREEK AND BUCK CREEK WILL
BE MOST PRONE TO FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL
AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 8414 3670 8411 3677 8399 3677 8398
3676 8398 3676 8397 3675 8396 3673 8396
3671 8393 3659 8397 3658 8413
$$
GREIF616
WGUS73 KJKL 291937
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
337 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
KYC235-291952-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120529T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WHITLEY KY-
337 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WHITLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA ENDING
THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE 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 3660 8414 3670 8411 3677 8399 3677 8398
3676 8398 3676 8397 3675 8396 3673 8396
3671 8393 3659 8397 3658 8413
$$
PELTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 11:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 82 min |
| May 29, 12:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| May 29, 12:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan | 3 hr |
| May 29, 12:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 115 min |
| May 29, 1:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 3 hr |
| May 29, 2:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2012Every flash 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.