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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2012, 12:28 PM EDT for Floyd County, Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 6, 2012, 12:28 PM EDT (16:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Floyd County, KY, Pike County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
183
WGUS53 KJKL 061628
FFWJKL
KYC071-195-062030-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0044.120806T1628Z-120806T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1228 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 1225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE
MOVED ACROSS THE AREA LEAVING BEHIND BETWEEN TWO AND THREE
INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
WILL BRING MORE HEAVY RAINS THROUGH 2 PM WITH UP TO ANOTHER INCH
POSSIBLE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PIKEVILLE...ARGO...BELCHER...BETSY LAYNE...BIGGS...BOARD TREE...
BOLDMAN...CHLOE...COAL RUN...COLEMAN...FEDSCREEK...FISHTRAP LAKE...
GARDEN VILLAGE...GULNARE...HAROLD...HEENAN...JAMBOREE...JARAD...
JUSTELL...KIMPER...MAJESTIC...MARROWBONE...META...MOUTHCARD...
OSBORN...PHELPS...PHYLLIS...PISO...RACCOON AND SHELBIANA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3730 8231 3740 8263 3758 8264 3769 8255
3768 8246 3767 8246 3768 8242 3767 8239
3755 8227 3755 8206 3754 8206 3755 8204
3754 8201 3755 8197 3754 8196
$$
GREIF2 follow-up statements
524
WGUS73 KJKL 061808
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
208 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
KYC071-195-062030-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120806T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE KY-FLOYD KY-
208 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FLOYD AND
PIKE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 205 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS LEFT BEHIND BETWEEN TWO AND THREE
INCHES OF RAIN AND LIKELY LED TO AREAS OF FLOODING.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PIKEVILLE...ARGO...BELCHER...BETSY LAYNE...BIGGS...BOARD TREE...
BOLDMAN...CHLOE...COAL RUN...COLEMAN...FEDSCREEK...FISHTRAP LAKE...
GALVESTON...GARDEN VILLAGE...GULNARE...HAROLD...HEENAN...JAMBOREE...
JARAD...KIMPER...MAJESTIC...MARROWBONE...META...MOUTHCARD...OSBORN...
PHELPS...PHYLLIS...PISO...RACCOON AND SHELBIANA.
EARLIER FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE GRAPEVINE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3730 8231 3740 8263 3758 8264 3769 8255
3768 8246 3767 8246 3768 8242 3767 8239
3755 8227 3755 8206 3754 8206 3755 8204
3754 8201 3755 8197 3754 8196
$$
GREIF623
WGUS73 KJKL 062026
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
426 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
KYC071-195-062040-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120806T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE KY-FLOYD KY-
426 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FLOYD
AND PIKE COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT...
COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT 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 3730 8231 3740 8263 3758 8264 3769 8255
3768 8246 3767 8246 3768 8242 3767 8239
3755 8227 3755 8206 3754 8206 3755 8204
3754 8201 3755 8197 3754 8196
$$
PELTONThe 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, 11:53 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, 12:38 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 |
Nearby
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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.