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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2012, 10:53 AM EDT for Menifee County, Morgan County, Rowan 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
- Jul 18, 2012, 10:53 AM EDT (14:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 1:16 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
366
WGUS53 KJKL 181453
FFWJKL
KYC165-175-205-182000-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0029.120718T1453Z-120718T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1053 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 1052 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
IN JUST THE PAST HOUR WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES LIKELY IN THE
NEXT COUPLE HOURS WIHT THIS SLOW MOVING STORM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ARNETT...ARTVILLE...BANGOR...BLAZE...BRANDY...CLEARFIELD...
CRANEY...CRIX...DAN...DEHART...DEMUND...EBON...EZEL...GRASSY
CREEK...HAMM...HENRY...KELLACEY...KOREA...LEISURE...LICK FORK...
MIZE...NEW CUMMER...NICKELL...OMER...PARAGON...PEKIN...PELFREY...
TWENTYSIX...WOODSBEND AND YOCUM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3814 8330 3783 8332 3787 8351 3802 8346
3807 8347 3807 8346 3808 8346 3809 8348
3821 8353
$$
DUSTY1 follow-up statement
389
WGUS73 KJKL 181716
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
116 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
KYC165-175-205-181731-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120718T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-ROWAN KY-
116 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ROWAN...
WESTERN MORGAN AND NORTHEASTERN MENIFEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3814 8330 3783 8332 3787 8351 3802 8346
3807 8347 3807 8346 3808 8346 3809 8348
3821 8353
$$
DUSTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 4:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Owsley, Perry | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 6:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 8:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 9:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Fleming | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 10:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 10:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin, Pike | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 1:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Martin, Pike | 95 min |
| Jul 18, 1:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 22 min |
| Jul 18, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson and 13 more | 52 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 2 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.