Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2012, 1:15 PM EDT for Martin County, Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 95 min. 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, 1:15 PM EDT (17:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 2:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Martin County, KY, Pike County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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.
304
WGUS53 KJKL 181715
FFWJKL
KYC159-195-182300-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0032.120718T1715Z-120718T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
115 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 113 PM 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 THE PAST HOUR WITH ANOTHER 2 INCHES LIKELY IN THE NEXT COUPLE
HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COALPOINT...CONDER...GULNARE...HATFIELD STATION...HEENAN...
HEISEY...JARAD...LAURA...MCCLURE...MCCOMBS...MOREE...OPPY...
PILGRIM...PISO...PLEASANT...RURAL...SOUTH WILLIAMSON...
THREEFORKS...TURKEY CREEK...VARNEY AND WHITEPOST.
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 3755 8249 3766 8261 3767 8261 3768 8257
3771 8262 3785 8241 3783 8240 3776 8231
3774 8232 3770 8229 3768 8229 3767 8227
$$
DUSTY2 follow-up statements
239
WGUS73 KJKL 181814
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
214 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
KYC159-195-182300-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120718T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARTIN KY-PIKE KY-
214 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
COALPOINT...CONDER...GULNARE...HATFIELD STATION...HEENAN...HEISEY...
JARAD...LAURA...MCCLURE...MCCOMBS...MOREE ...OPPY...PILGRIM...
PISO...PLEASANT...RURAL...SOUTH WILLIAMSON...THREEFORKS...TURKEY
CREEK...VARNEY AND WHITEPOST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY.
&&
LAT...LON 3755 8249 3766 8261 3767 8261 3768 8257
3771 8262 3785 8241 3783 8240 3776 8231
3774 8232 3770 8229 3768 8229 3767 8227
$$
DUSTY695
WGUS73 KJKL 181850
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
250 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
KYC159-195-181901-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120718T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARTIN KY-PIKE KY-
250 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIKE
AND SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN 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 3755 8249 3766 8261 3767 8261 3768 8257
3771 8262 3785 8241 3783 8240 3776 8231
3774 8232 3770 8229 3768 8229 3767 8227
$$
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, 10:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 2 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, 1:37 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.