Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2012, 11:33 AM EDT for Pike 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 15, 2012, 11:33 AM EDT (15:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2012, 2:30 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 Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
435
WGUS53 KJKL 151533
FFWJKL
KYC195-151830-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0048.120815T1533Z-120815T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1133 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 1130 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE AREAS OF TURKEY CREEK...FORREST HILL AND BELFRY. RADAR
ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...PIKEVILLE...
AFLEX...BELFRY...BOLDMAN...BUSKIRK...CANADA...CHLOE...COAL RUN...
CONDER...FOREST HILLS...GULNARE...HARDY...HEISEY...HUDDY...
KIMPER...MCANDREWS...META...PISO...RACCOON...SIDNEY...SOUTH
WILLIAMSON...TURKEY CREEK...VARNEY AND ZEBULON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3756 8213 3744 8248 3744 8259 3750 8260
3751 8262 3765 8260 3766 8253 3769 8229
3766 8226 3767 8224 3763 8221 3763 8219
3765 8219 3760 8215 3759 8212
$$
RAY2 follow-up statements
349
WGUS73 KJKL 151617
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1217 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
KYC195-151830-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120815T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE KY-
1217 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY
UNTIL 230 PM EDT...
AT 1209 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA.
HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF COMBINED WITH ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. HOWEVER...A GRADUAL
IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 12:30 AND 2 PM.
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS REPORTING FLASH FLOODING IN THE
TURKEY CREEK...FORREST HILL AND BELFRY AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PIKEVILLE...AFLEX...BELFRY...BOLDMAN...BUSKIRK...CANADA...CHLOE...
COAL RUN...CONDER...FOREST HILLS...GULNARE...HARDY...HEISEY...
HUDDY...KIMPER...MCANDREWS...META...PISO...RACCOON...SIDNEY...SOUTH
WILLIAMSON...TURKEY CREEK...VARNEY AND ZEBULON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3756 8213 3744 8248 3744 8259 3750 8260
3751 8262 3765 8260 3766 8253 3769 8229
3766 8226 3767 8224 3763 8221 3763 8219
3765 8219 3760 8215 3759 8212
$$
RAY141
WGUS73 KJKL 151826
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
226 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
KYC195-151839-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120815T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE KY-
226 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 230 PM EDT...
PIKE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING HAS ENDED
ACROSS THE 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 3756 8213 3744 8248 3744 8259 3750 8260
3751 8262 3765 8260 3766 8253 3769 8229
3766 8226 3767 8224 3763 8221 3763 8219
3765 8219 3760 8215 3759 8212
$$
RAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 9:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin | 87 min |
| Aug 15, 10:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 4 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.