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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Jackson, KY

July 18, 2012Fleming County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2012, 9:38 AM EDT for Fleming County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2012, 9:38 AM EDT (13:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2012, 12:17 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), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 18, 9:40 AM EDTFLASH FLOODFlemingsburg, KYSEVERAL BUSINESSES AND ROADS FLOODED IN TOWN. HIGHWAY GARAGE MEASURED 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THEIR GAUGE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2497 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

432 
WGUS53 KJKL 181338
FFWJKL
KYC069-181930-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0028.120718T1338Z-120718T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
938 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 936 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE  
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN 
  THE PAST HOUR AND ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS 
  POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FLEMINGSBURG...COWAN...CRAINTOWN...DALESBURG...ELIZAVILLE...
  FOXPORT...GODDARD...HILLSBORO...MOUNT CARMEL...MUSES MILLS...
  NEPTON...PECKS RIDGE...PLEASUREVILLE...PLUMMERS LANDING...POPLAR
  PLAINS...SHERBURNE...TILTON AND WALLINGFORD.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
JACKSON KY.

&&

LAT...LON 3850 8359 3843 8357 3841 8348 3838 8345
      3836 8347 3824 8369 3825 8372 3827 8371
      3827 8374 3829 8373 3828 8381 3830 8382
      3830 8385 3834 8387 3835 8391 3845 8399
      3849 8394 3846 8385 3853 8364

$$

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1 follow-up statement
190 
WGUS73 KJKL 181617
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1217 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

KYC069-181633-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120718T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLEMING KY-
1217 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR FLEMING 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 3850 8359 3843 8357 3841 8348 3838 8345
      3836 8347 3824 8369 3825 8372 3827 8371
      3827 8374 3829 8373 3828 8381 3830 8382
      3830 8385 3834 8387 3835 8391 3845 8399
      3849 8394 3846 8385 3853 8364

$$

DUSTY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 4:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Clay, Owsley, Perry2 hr
Jul 18, 5:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt59 min
Jul 18, 6:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell51 min
Jul 18, 8:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming51 min
Jul 18, 10:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan, Rowan2 hr
Jul 18, 10:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBath2 hr
Jul 18, 10:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry5 hr
Jul 18, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin, Pike51 min
Jul 18, 1:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMartin, Pike95 min
Jul 18, 1:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPike3 hr
Jul 18, 1:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley3 hr
Jul 18, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley52 min
Jul 18, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Wayne35 min
Jul 18, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Wayne22 min
Jul 18, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Wayne32 min
Jul 18, 3:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKLBell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson and 13 more52 hr
Jul 18, 6:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Fleming3 hr
Jul 18, 6:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Fleming, Rowan2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.