Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2012, 11:41 AM EDT for Martin 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
- Jun 16, 2012, 11:41 AM EDT (15:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 2:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Martin County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
202
WGUS53 KJKL 161541
FFWJKL
KYC159-161830-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0026.120616T1541Z-120616T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1141 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 1138 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ISOLATED RAINFALL OF MORE THAN
4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED SINCE 930 AM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRADBURY...DAVELLA...DELONG...MOREE...PLEASANT...PREECE AND PRINCE.
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 3780 8261 3782 8255 3785 8252 3783 8250
3778 8250 3772 8249 3770 8256
$$
HAL2 follow-up statements
600
WGUS73 KJKL 161640
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1240 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
KYC159-161830-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120616T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARTIN KY-
1240 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY
UNTIL 230 PM EDT...
AT 1235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE FINALLY DIMINISHING IN
THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT LOCALIZED RAINFALL
OF CLOSE TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED SINCE 930 AM.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...DAVELLA...DELONG...MOREE...PLEASANT...PREECE...AND PRINCE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3780 8261 3782 8255 3785 8252 3783 8250
3778 8250 3772 8249 3770 8256
$$
HAL082
WGUS73 KJKL 161812
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
212 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
KYC159-161827-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120616T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARTIN KY-
212 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MARTIN
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
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 3780 8261 3782 8255 3785 8252 3783 8250
3778 8250 3772 8249 3770 8256
$$
JACOBSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 11:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Martin | 73 min |
| Jun 16, 2:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Wayne | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 29 min |
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.