Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 15, 2012, 2:49 PM 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
- Mar 15, 2012, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2012, 6:00 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), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 1236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006 WGUS53 KJKL 151849 FFWJKL KYC195-152200- /O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0008.120315T1849Z-120315T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 249 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN SOME LOCATIONS HAVE EXCEEDED WELL OVER AN INCH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP UP TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 2:45 AND 4:00 PM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BELCHER...JONANCY...LOOKOUT...MARROWBONE...ROCKHOUSE AND VIRGIE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...ISLAND CREEK...SHELBY CREEK...MARROWBONE CREEK...CANEY CREEK...LONG FORK...LEFT FORK CANEY CREEK...POOR BOTTOM FORK...BIG BRANCH...BOWLING FORK...DRY CREEK...ROBINSON CREEK...ROB FORK...CALEB FORK...BEAR FORK...INDIAN CREEK...TURKEYPEN BRANCH...AND DORTON CREEK. LAT...LON 3737 8231 3730 8237 3729 8269 3743 8256 $$ GEOGERIAN
2 follow-up statements
629 WGUS73 KJKL 151917 FFSJKL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 317 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 KYC195-152200- /O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120315T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PIKE KY- 317 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OFF TO THE NORTHWEST...AND MAY MOVE BACK INTO THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 3:30 AND 5 PM. RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...BELCHER...JONANCY...LOOKOUT...MARROWBONE...ROCKHOUSE AND VIRGIE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... ISLAND CREEK...SHELBY CREEK...LEVISA FORK...RUSSELL FORK...MARROWBONE CREEK...CANEY CREEK...LONG FORK...LEFT FORK CANEY CREEK...POOR BOTTOM FORK...BIG BRANCH...BOWLING FORK...DRY CREEK...ROBINSON CREEK...ROB FORK...CALEB FORK...BEAR FORK...AND INDIAN CREEK. LAT...LON 3737 8231 3730 8237 3729 8269 3743 8256 $$ GEOGERIAN
352 WGUS73 KJKL 152150 FFSJKL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 550 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 KYC195-152205- /O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120315T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PIKE KY- 550 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. SMALL 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 3737 8231 3730 8237 3729 8269 3743 8256 $$ GEOGERIAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 5:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 5:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 6:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 1:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Perry and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott | 42 min |
| Mar 15, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Owsley | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Leslie, Perry | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 3:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Perry | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 59 min |
| Mar 15, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie | 53 min |
| Mar 15, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Lee | 2 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 6:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 6:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 7:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 7:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Menifee | 2 hr |
| Mar 15, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.