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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2012, 2:59 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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 9, 2012, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 5:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 946 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
648
WGUS53 KJKL 091859
FFWJKL
KYC199-203-100100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0046.120809T1859Z-120810T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
259 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...MOUNT
VERNON...BANDY...BEE LICK...BOBTOWN...BOONE...BRODHEAD...BROMO...
BUMMER...BURR...CLIMAX...CONWAY...DABNEY...DISPUTANTA...DONARO...
DUDLEY STATION...FLAT ROCK...GAULEY...GUM SULPHUR...HANSFORD...
HIATT...HUMMEL...INDIAN LAKES PARK...JOHNETTA...LAKE LINVILLE...
LEVEL GREEN...MARETBURG...MUELLERSVILLE...ORLANDO...OTTOWA AND PINE
HILL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
LITTLE NEGRO CREEK...ROUNDSTONE CREEK...CANEY CREEK...DIX RIVER...
NEGRO CREEK...BRUSH CREEK...LICK BRANCH...BARNEY BRANCH...SKEGG
CREEK...BRUSHY CREEK...BUCK CREEK...BEE LICK CREEK...WARREN BRANCH...
SCAFFOLD CANE BRANCH...ANGLIN FORK...CLEAR CREEK...CROOKED CREEK...
WOLF CREEK...DORMAN CREEK...RASH BRANCH...EAST FORK SKEGG CREEK...DRY
FORK...WEST FORK SKEGG CREEK...TOWN BRANCH...LITTLE RENFRO CREEK...
COPPER CREEK...TARKIN BRANCH...SOUL CHAPEL BRANCH...FLAT LICK
CREEK...CLIFTY CREEK...LINE CREEK...SINKING BRANCH...LONG BRANCH...
ROCKCASTLE RIVER...PITMAN CREEK...WHETSTONE CREEK...BRIARY CREEK...
CLEAR FORK BRANCH...SOUTH FORK ROCKCASTLE RIVER...BRUSHY FORK...WEST
FORK SILVER CREEK...COWBELL CREEK...JASON BRANCH AND INDIAN CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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 3736 8456 3734 8450 3745 8447 3749 8442
3748 8438 3750 8436 3754 8435 3754 8430
3752 8427 3753 8422 3730 8418 3714 8455
3732 8462
$$
KAS1 follow-up statement
575
WGUS73 KJKL 092142
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
542 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
KYC199-203-092157-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120810T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-
542 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ROCKCASTLE AND
NORTH CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3736 8456 3734 8450 3745 8447 3749 8442
3748 8438 3750 8436 3754 8435 3754 8430
3752 8427 3753 8422 3730 8418 3714 8455
3732 8462
$$
HALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 1:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Perry | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 2:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Laurel | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 2:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Knott | 2 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.