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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY

March 2, 201210 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 2012, 7:22 PM EST for 10 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 5 hr. 4 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
Mar 2, 2012, 7:22 PM EST (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2012, 12:13 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Emergency
Flash flood emergency
Flood severity
None

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Lee County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Powell County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 8:30 PM ESTFLASH FLOODStacy Fork, KYHIGHWAY 844 FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. WATER ROSE OVER THE ROAD IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
Mar 2, 8:55 PM ESTFLASH FLOOD3 N Paintsville, KYAN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED SEVERAL PEOPLE TRAPPED BY FLOOD WATERS AT BROWN BRANCH.
Mar 2, 9:00 PM ESTFLASH FLOODStacy Fork, KYKENTUCKY HIGHWAY 844 WAS COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS AND IMPASSABLE.
Mar 2, 9:30 PM ESTFLASH FLOODTomahawk, KYA MOBILE HOME WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATERS FROM AN AREA CREEK WITH OTHER HOMES IN THE AREA THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS ALONG KY HIGHWAY 40.

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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
100 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

034 
WGUS53 KJKL 030022
FFWJKL
KYC025-071-115-129-153-159-165-175-197-237-030630-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0006.120303T0022Z-120303T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
722 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTH CENTRAL BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN POWELL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 130 AM EST SATURDAY

* AT 716 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH HAS 
  LIKELY OCCURRED IN THE HOUR ENDING AT 715 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL 
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CAMPTON...INEZ...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...WEST LIBERTY...  
  ADELE...ANDY...AUXIER...BAKER...BALLOT...BAPTIST...
  BARNETTS CREEK...BARNROCK...BAYS BRANCH...BEAUTY...BELKNAP...
  BETHANNA...BETHANY...BLAIR...BLOOMINGTON...BOBBS...
  BOONS CAMP...BOOTH...BRADBURY...BRADLEY...BROWNLOW...
  BUFFALO... BURG...BURKHART...AND BURNING FORK.


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 3761 8368 3790 8369 3799 8288 3790 8268
      3789 8261 3795 8259 3797 8253 3795 8249
      3792 8248 3791 8244 3787 8241 3785 8241
      3783 8240 3776 8231

$$
4 follow-up statements
862 
WGUS73 KJKL 030153
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
853 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC025-071-115-129-153-159-165-175-197-237-030630-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120303T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY-MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-POWELL KY-
WOLFE KY-LEE KY-BREATHITT KY-FLOYD KY-
853 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FLOYD...
NORTH CENTRAL BREATHITT...NORTHEASTERN LEE...WOLFE...SOUTHEASTERN
POWELL...SOUTHERN MORGAN...SOUTHERN MENIFEE...MARTIN...NORTHERN
MAGOFFIN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM EST...

AT 846 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE EXITED THE WARNING 
AREA. HOWEVER...EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING AND 
EARLIER TODAY CONTINUES TO LEAD TO RISES ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND 
CREEKS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE
BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...CAMPTON...INEZ...PAINTSVILLE... 
SALYERSVILLE...WEST LIBERTY...WITTENSVILLE...STAFFORDSVILLE... 
THELMA...CANNEL CITY...BLOOMINGTON...OIL SPRINGS...TOMAHAWK... 
ADELE...ANDY... AUXIER...BAKER... BALLOT...BAPTIST...BARNETTS  
CREEK...BARNROCK...BAYS BRANCH...BEAUTY...BELKNAP...BETHANNA... 
BETHANY...BLAIR...BOBBS...BOONS CAMP...BOOTH...BRADBURY... 
BRADLEY...BROWNLOW...BUFFALO...BURG...BURKHART AND BURNING FORK.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 
AMOUNTS HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS. HEAVY RAIN FELL 
EARLIER IN THE DAY IN THESE LOCATIONS AS WELL AS EARLIER IN THE WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3761 8368 3790 8369 3799 8288 3790 8268
      3789 8261 3795 8259 3797 8253 3795 8249
      3792 8248 3791 8244 3787 8241 3785 8241
      3783 8240 3776 8231

$$

PELTON
595 
WGUS73 KJKL 030218
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
918 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC025-071-115-129-153-159-165-175-197-237-030630-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120303T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY-MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-POWELL KY-
WOLFE KY-LEE KY-BREATHITT KY-FLOYD KY-
918 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FLOYD...
NORTH CENTRAL BREATHITT...NORTHEASTERN LEE...WOLFE...SOUTHEASTERN
POWELL...SOUTHERN MORGAN...SOUTHERN MENIFEE...MARTIN...NORTHERN
MAGOFFIN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM EST...

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES...

AT 913 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 
HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE EXITED THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...EXCESS RUNOFF 
FROM HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING AND EARLIER TODAY CONTINUES TO LEAD TO 
RISES ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. HAM RADIO SPOTTERS REPORTED 
SEVERAL PEOPLE TRAPPED IN FLASH FLOOD WATERS ALONG BROWN BRANCH IN 
NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY. IN NEARBY WEST VIRGINIA REPORTS OF A 
VEHICLE TRAPPED IN FLASH FLOOD WATERS HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE 
BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...CAMPTON...INEZ...PAINTSVILLE... 
SALYERSVILLE...WEST LIBERTY...WITTENSVILLE...STAFFORDSVILLE... 
THELMA...CANNEL CITY...BLOOMINGTON...OIL SPRINGS...TOMAHAWK... 
ADELE...ANDY... AUXIER...BAKER... BALLOT...BAPTIST...BARNETTS  
CREEK...BARNROCK...BAYS BRANCH...BEAUTY...BELKNAP...BETHANNA... 
BETHANY...BLAIR...BOBBS...BOONS CAMP...BOOTH...BRADBURY... 
BRADLEY...BROWNLOW...BUFFALO...BURG...BURKHART AND BURNING FORK.

AT 855 PM EST...HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG 
BROWN BRANCH IN JOHNSON COUNTY WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE TRAPPED IN FLOOD 
WATERS. 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 
AMOUNTS HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS. HEAVY RAIN FELL 
EARLIER IN THE DAY IN THESE LOCATIONS AS WELL AS EARLIER IN THE WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3761 8368 3790 8369 3799 8288 3790 8268
      3789 8261 3795 8259 3797 8253 3795 8249
      3792 8248 3791 8244 3787 8241 3785 8241
      3783 8240 3776 8231

$$

PELTON
408 
WGUS73 KJKL 030357
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1057 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC025-071-115-129-153-159-165-175-197-237-030630-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120303T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY-MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-POWELL KY-
WOLFE KY-LEE KY-BREATHITT KY-FLOYD KY-
1057 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FLOYD...
NORTH CENTRAL BREATHITT...NORTHEASTERN LEE...WOLFE...SOUTHEASTERN
POWELL...SOUTHERN MORGAN...SOUTHERN MENIFEE...MARTIN...NORTHERN
MAGOFFIN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM EST...

AT 1054 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...EXCESS RUNOFF CONTINUES AND 
WATER IS COLLECTING INTO THE LARGER CREEKS AND STREAMS. AROUND 1030 
PM EST...JOHNSON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED HIGH WATER AND FLASH 
FLOODING OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO 
LIKELY OCCURRING ALONG THE LARGER CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT MUCH 
OF NORTHERN MAGOFFIN COUNTY AND IN MARTIN COUNTY.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE 
BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...CAMPTON...INEZ...PAINTSVILLE... 
SALYERSVILLE...WEST LIBERTY...WITTENSVILLE...STAFFORDSVILLE... 
THELMA...CANNEL CITY...BLOOMINGTON...OIL SPRINGS...TOMAHAWK... 
ADELE...ANDY... AUXIER...BAKER... BALLOT...BAPTIST...BARNETTS  
CREEK...BARNROCK...BAYS BRANCH...BEAUTY...BELKNAP...BETHANNA... 
BETHANY...BLAIR...BOBBS...BOONS CAMP...BOOTH...BRADBURY... 
BRADLEY...BROWNLOW...BUFFALO...BURG...BURKHART AND BURNING FORK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3761 8368 3790 8369 3799 8288 3790 8268
      3789 8261 3795 8259 3797 8253 3795 8249
      3792 8248 3791 8244 3787 8241 3785 8241
      3783 8240 3776 8231

$$

PELTON
415 
WGUS73 KJKL 030513
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1213 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

KYC025-071-115-129-153-159-165-175-197-237-030528-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120303T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY-MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-POWELL KY-
WOLFE KY-LEE KY-BREATHITT KY-FLOYD KY-
1213 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
FLOYD...NORTH CENTRAL BREATHITT...NORTHEASTERN LEE...WOLFE...
SOUTHEASTERN POWELL...SOUTHERN MORGAN...SOUTHERN 
MENIFEE...MARTIN...NORTHERN MAGOFFIN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES HAS 
BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SAME AREA...

WATER CONTINUES TO COLLECT INTO THE LARGER STREAMS AND CREEKS AND IS 
LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG THEM. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN 
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3761 8368 3790 8369 3799 8288 3790 8268
      3789 8261 3795 8259 3797 8253 3795 8249
      3792 8248 3791 8244 3787 8241 3785 8241
      3783 8240 3776 8231

$$

PELTON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 7:04 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe41 min
Mar 2, 7:08 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle37 min
Mar 2, 7:11 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin49 min
Mar 2, 7:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Owsley, Rockcastle46 min
Mar 2, 7:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan, Letcher23 min
Mar 2, 7:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe52 min
Mar 2, 7:24 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLKnox, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley36 min
Mar 2, 7:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Martin32 min
Mar 2, 7:34 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin26 min
Mar 2, 7:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott, Magoffin, Perry45 min
Mar 2, 7:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Powell, Wolfe4 hr
Mar 2, 7:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike48 min
Mar 2, 7:58 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley32 min
Mar 2, 8:22 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan23 min
Mar 2, 8:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Harlan19 min
Mar 2, 11:56 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKLBath, Breathitt, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd and 14 more12 hr
Mar 3, 12:05 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, McCreary, Whitley12 hr
Mar 3, 2:00 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLBell13 hr
Mar 3, 2:23 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLWhitley14 hr
Mar 3, 7:43 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLKnox26 hr
Mar 3, 11:11 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Powell42 hr
Mar 3, 1:58 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLWhitley12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.