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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Jackson, KY

August 6, 2012Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2012, 11:53 AM EDT for Pike 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
Aug 6, 2012, 11:53 AM EDT (15:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Pike County, KY

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 6, 1:20 PM EDTFLOODBelfry, KYA FEW BACK ROADS REMAIN UNDER WATER IN THE BELFRY AND TOLER COMMUNITIES BUT WATER IS RECEDING AT THIS TIME.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 422 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
422 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 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.

277 
WGUS53 KJKL 061553
FFWJKL
KYC195-061900-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0043.120806T1553Z-120806T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1153 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 1149 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING      
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE FIRST FLOOR OF HOMES IN THE TOWN OF    
  BELFRY WERE FLOODED WITH ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4      
  INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA.  

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...AFLEX...
  BELFRY...BOARD TREE...BUSKIRK...CANADA...FOREST HILLS...HARDY...
  HUDDY...JAMBOREE...MAJESTIC...MCANDREWS...PHELPS...SIDNEY...SOUTH
  WILLIAMSON...TURKEY CREEK AND WOODMAN.

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 3751 8204 3749 8211 3753 8238 3770 8238
      3771 8229 3768 8229 3766 8226 3767 8224
      3763 8221 3763 8219 3765 8220 3765 8218
      3760 8215 3759 8212 3756 8213 3756 8207

$$

SHALLENBERGER
2 follow-up statements
558 
WGUS73 KJKL 061804
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
204 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012

KYC195-061900-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120806T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE KY-
204 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 200 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS 
ONGOING IN THE COMMUNITIES OF BELCHER AND TOLER.

ALTHOUGH LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF THE AREA...IT SHOULD NOT 
FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO THE ONGOING FLOODING. IN FACT...LOOK FOR THE 
WATER TO RECEDE AS THE CREEKS AND STREAMS BEGIN TO RETURN TO THEIR 
BANKS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...AFLEX... 
BELFRY...BOARD TREE...BUSKIRK...CANADA...CONDER...FOREST HILLS... 
HARDY...HUDDY...JAMBOREE...MAJESTIC...MCANDREWS...PHELPS... 
SIDNEY...SOUTH WILLIAMSON...TURKEY CREEK AND WOODMAN.

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 3751 8204 3749 8211 3753 8238 3770 8238
      3771 8229 3768 8229 3766 8226 3767 8224
      3763 8221 3763 8219 3765 8220 3765 8218
      3760 8215 3759 8212 3756 8213 3756 8207

$$

GREIF
178 
WGUS73 KJKL 061855
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
255 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012

KYC195-061908-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120806T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE KY-
255 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PIKE
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 300 PM EDT...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE 
FLASH FLOOD THREAT. HOWEVER...AN AREAL FLOOD THREAT WILL REMAIN FOR 
THIS PORTION OF PIKE COUNTY...AND IN PARTICULAR THE BELFRY AND TOLER 
COMMUNITIES...FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN 
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3751 8204 3749 8211 3753 8238 3770 8238
      3771 8229 3768 8229 3766 8226 3767 8224
      3763 8221 3763 8219 3765 8220 3765 8218
      3760 8215 3759 8212 3756 8213 3756 8207

$$

GREIF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 2:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath99 min
Aug 6, 6:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLPike2 hr
Aug 6, 7:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLMcCreary, Wayne, Whitley5 hr
Aug 6, 9:04 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Pike3 hr
Aug 6, 9:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPike3 hr
Aug 6, 12:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Pike3 hr
Aug 6, 12:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Pike4 hr
Aug 6, 12:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin2 hr
Aug 6, 2:59 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLPike3 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.