Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2012, 6:59 AM EDT for Harlan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2012, 6:59 AM EDT (10:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2012, 8:55 AM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Harlan County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:01 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 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 303 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
- 1475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
685
WGUS53 KJKL 051059
FFWJKL
KYC095-051400-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0049.120905T1059Z-120905T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
659 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
* AT 657 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER RADAR
AND IFLOWS GAGES HAVE REPORTED THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN BETWEEN 5 AND 6:45 AM. SHOWERS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL
COULD DROP UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN THROUGH 8 AM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BARDO...CRANKS...CRUMMIES...FLAGLER...LIGGETT...MARTINS FORK...
MARTINS FORK LAKE...PEEPACE STORE...SMITH AND THREE POINT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CRUMMIES CREEK...SLATERS FORK...CATRON CREEK...LONG BRANCH...MARTINS
FORK CUMBERLAND RIVER...CRANKS CREEK AND MILL CREEK.
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 3675 8337 3680 8315 3674 8314 3674 8319
3671 8328 3670 8333
$$
GEOGERIAN2 follow-up statements
512
WGUS73 KJKL 051140
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
740 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
KYC095-051400-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120905T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARLAN KY-
740 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HARLAN
COUNTY UNTIL 1000 AM EDT...
AT 738 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL STILL MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
PORTIONS OF THE MARTINS FORK BASIN HAVE SEEN BETWEEN TWO AND A HALF
AND THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 4:30 AND 7:30 AM.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...CRANKS...CRUMMIES...FLAGLER...LIGGETT...MARTINS
FORK...MARTINS FORK LAKE...PEEPACE STORE...SMITH AND THREE POINT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CRUMMIES CREEK...SLATERS FORK...CATRON CREEK...LONG BRANCH...MARTINS
FORK CUMBERLAND RIVER...CRANKS CREEK AND MILL CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3675 8337 3680 8315 3674 8314 3674 8319
3671 8328 3670 8333
$$
GEOGERIAN387
WGUS73 KJKL 051255
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
855 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
KYC095-051309-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120905T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARLAN KY-
855 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
HARLAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THERE ARE NO FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM
HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA EARLIER THIS
MORNING.
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 3675 8337 3680 8315 3674 8314 3674 8319
3671 8328 3670 8333
$$
RAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 6:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan | 108 min |
| Sep 5, 2:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Powell | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 49 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.