Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Jackson, KY
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.
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 1:20 PM EDT | FLOOD | Belfry, KY | A 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.
- 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
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
$$
SHALLENBERGER2 follow-up statements
558
WGUS73 KJKL 061804
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
204 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
KYC195-061900-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120806T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE KY-
204 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 200 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS
ONGOING IN THE COMMUNITIES OF BELCHER AND TOLER.
ALTHOUGH LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF THE AREA...IT SHOULD NOT
FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO THE ONGOING FLOODING. IN FACT...LOOK FOR THE
WATER TO RECEDE AS THE CREEKS AND STREAMS BEGIN TO RETURN TO THEIR
BANKS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...AFLEX...
BELFRY...BOARD TREE...BUSKIRK...CANADA...CONDER...FOREST HILLS...
HARDY...HUDDY...JAMBOREE...MAJESTIC...MCANDREWS...PHELPS...
SIDNEY...SOUTH WILLIAMSON...TURKEY CREEK AND WOODMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3751 8204 3749 8211 3753 8238 3770 8238
3771 8229 3768 8229 3766 8226 3767 8224
3763 8221 3763 8219 3765 8220 3765 8218
3760 8215 3759 8212 3756 8213 3756 8207
$$
GREIF178
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
$$
GREIFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath | 99 min |
| Aug 6, 6:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pike | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 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.