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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2013, 6:43 PM EDT for McCreary County, Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 9, 2013, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2013, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:51 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Hollyhill, KY | WATER OUT OF CREEK WITH RUSHING WATER ACROSS A NUMBER OF ROADS INCLUDING GRANNY HOLT KNOB ROAD. |
| Jul 9, 6:51 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hollyhill, KY | WATER OUT OF CREEKS AND RUSHING WATER ACROSS A NUMBER OF ROADS INCLUDING GRANNY HOLT ROAD. |
| Jul 9, 7:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hollyhill, KY | FLOODING OCCURING ON A PORTION OF EASY HIGHWAY 92 AND OSBORNE CREEK ROAD NEAR HOLLYHILL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1939 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
282
WGUS53 KJKL 092243
FFWJKL
KYC147-235-100130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0013.130709T2243Z-130710T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
643 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN
SOME AREAS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AYERS...BOUNTY...DUCKRUN...HOLLYHILL...JELLICO CREEK...STRUNK AND
ZION HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3659 8444 3663 8445 3670 8442 3674 8437
3675 8423 3659 8421
$$
KAS2 follow-up statements
866
WGUS73 KJKL 100018
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
818 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
KYC147-235-100130-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130710T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCCREARY KY-WHITLEY KY-
818 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHITLEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...
AT 730 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ONGOING FLOODING ON EAST
HIGHWAY 92 AND OSBORNE CREEK ROAD NEAR HOLLYHILL. RADAR ESTIMATES
SHOW BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE AREA.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
AYERS...BOUNTY...DUCKRUN...HOLLYHILL...JELLICO CREEK...STRUNK AND
ZION HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3659 8444 3663 8445 3670 8442 3674 8437
3675 8423 3659 8421
$$
KAS628
WGUS73 KJKL 100135
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
935 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
KYC147-235-100150-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130710T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCCREARY KY-WHITLEY KY-
935 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
WHITLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...
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 3659 8444 3663 8445 3670 8442 3674 8437
3675 8423 3659 8421
$$
KASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.