Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2012, 7:29 PM EDT for Breathitt County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 reports 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
- Sep 5, 2012, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2012, 11:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Breathitt County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 8:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Jackson, KY | SEVERAL ROCKS IN THE ROAD HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM HIGHWAY 15. |
| Sep 5, 9:10 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.73 | Quicksand, KY | 3.73 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 545 PM. |
| Sep 5, 9:30 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.15 | Jackson, KY | RAIN GAUGE IN JACKSON MEASURED 3.15 INCHES FROM STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
252
WGUS53 KJKL 052329
FFWJKL
KYC025-060330-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0050.120905T2329Z-120906T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
729 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE
MOVED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER A SHORT TIME WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE THROUGH
9 PM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...CHENOWEE...CURT...DUMONT...ELKATAWA...FIVEMILE...
FLINTVILLE...FROZEN CREEK...GENTRY...GUERRANT...HADDIX...
HAGINSVILLE...INVERNESS...KECK...LAWSON...LOST CREEK...NOCTOR...
PORTSMOUTH...PRESS...QUICKSAND...SEWELL...SIKES...SMITH BRANCH...
TAULBEE...TURKEY...WILSTACY AND YEADON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 9 PM.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL 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 SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3766 8333 3748 8318 3747 8352 3757 8351
3762 8345
$$
GREIF2 follow-up statements
705
WGUS73 KJKL 060032
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
832 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
KYC025-060330-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120906T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BREATHITT KY-
832 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BREATHITT COUNTY
UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...
AT 831 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE
WARNED AREA SINCE 6 PM. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL
BE POSSIBLE THROGH 10 PM.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...CHENOWEE...CURT...DUMONT...ELKATAWA...FIVEMILE...
FLINTVILLE...FROZEN CREEK...GENTRY...GUERRANT...HADDIX...
HAGINSVILLE...INVERNESS...KECK...LAWSON...LOST CREEK...NOCTOR...
PORTSMOUTH...PRESS...QUICKSAND...SEWELL...SIKES...SMITH BRANCH...
STEVENSON...TAULBEE...TURKEY...WILSTACY AND YEADON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 10 PM.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3766 8333 3748 8318 3747 8352 3757 8351
3762 8345
$$
GREIF096
WGUS73 KJKL 060303
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1103 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
KYC025-060318-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120906T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BREATHITT KY-
1103 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BREATHITT
COUNTY 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 3766 8333 3748 8318 3747 8352 3757 8351
3762 8345
$$
GREIFThe 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, 6:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan | 116 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, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 49 min |
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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.