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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY

July 27, 2014Jackson County, Laurel County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2014, 2:24 PM EDT for Jackson County, Laurel County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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 27, 2014, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Jackson County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 27, 2:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Bond, KY	UP TO SIX INCHES OF WATER WAS OBSERVED FLOWING OVER DUNN ROAD FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 232 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

143 
WGUS53 KJKL 271824
FFWJKL
KYC109-125-203-272230-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0013.140727T1824Z-140727T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
224 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF    
  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR     
  AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 2:30 AND  
  3:30 PM EDT.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MCKEE...MOUNT VERNON...ANNVILLE...ARDERY...ATKINSTOWN...ATLANTA...
  BOND...BOONE...BRADSHAW...BRODHEAD...BUMMER...BURR...CAMP
  WILDCAT...CARICO...CLIMAX...COLLINGSWORTH...CONWAY...COOKSBURG...
  CORNELIUS...CRAWFORD...CRUISE...DABOLT...DANGO...DATHA...DEESE...  
  DILLON...DISPUTANTA...DONARO...DUDLEY STATION AND EAST BERNSTADT.

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 3749 8445 3748 8438 3750 8436 3754 8435
      3741 8383 3735 8379 3733 8381 3731 8388
      3729 8388 3726 8390 3725 8394 3721 8394
      3714 8401 3735 8450

$$

RAY

2 follow-up statements

753 
WGUS73 KJKL 271853
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
253 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

KYC109-125-203-272230-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140727T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-LAUREL KY-
253 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LAUREL...
ROCKCASTLE AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 
ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 
OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON TIME 
FRAME. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MCKEE...MOUNT VERNON...ANNVILLE...ARDERY...ATKINSTOWN...ATLANTA...
BOND...BOONE...BRADSHAW...BRODHEAD...BROMO...BUMMER...BURR...CAMP
WILDCAT...CARICO...CLIMAX...COLLINGSWORTH...CONWAY...COOKSBURG...
CORNELIUS...CRUISE...DABOLT...DANGO...DATHA...DEESE...DILLON...
DISPUTANTA...DONARO...DUDLEY STATION AND EAST BERNSTADT.

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 3749 8445 3748 8438 3750 8436 3754 8435
      3741 8383 3735 8379 3733 8381 3731 8388
      3729 8388 3726 8390 3725 8394 3721 8394
      3714 8401 3735 8450

$$

RAY

636 
WGUS73 KJKL 272224
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
624 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

KYC109-125-203-272238-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140727T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-LAUREL KY-
624 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
LAUREL...ROCKCASTLE AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...

AT 610 PM EDT...COUNTY DISPATCH OFFICES REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO 
FLOOD RELATED ISSUES. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS 
ISSUED WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT. 

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 3749 8445 3748 8438 3750 8436 3754 8435
      3741 8383 3735 8379 3733 8381 3731 8388
      3729 8388 3726 8390 3725 8394 3721 8394
      3714 8401 3735 8450

$$

RAY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 10:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	22 min
Jul 27, 12:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Estill, Powell	24 min
Jul 27, 12:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe	4 hr
Jul 27, 12:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Wolfe	51 min
Jul 27, 12:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Menifee, Powell, Wolfe	23 min
Jul 27, 12:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee	37 min
Jul 27, 12:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt	4 hr
Jul 27, 1:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	4 hr
Jul 27, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Perry	41 min
Jul 27, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery	46 min
Jul 27, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	51 min
Jul 27, 1:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Perry	5 hr
Jul 27, 1:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	4 hr
Jul 27, 2:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel	28 min
Jul 27, 2:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle	4 hr
Jul 27, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	25 min
Jul 27, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott, Letcher, Perry	52 min
Jul 27, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	46 min
Jul 27, 2:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Letcher	3 hr
Jul 27, 2:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Wayne	32 min
Jul 27, 2:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	4 hr
Jul 27, 2:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	38 min
Jul 27, 2:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	49 min
Jul 27, 2:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Wayne	4 hr
Jul 27, 3:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Leslie, Perry	34 min
Jul 27, 3:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	31 min
Jul 27, 3:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	4 hr
Jul 27, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	46 min
Jul 27, 3:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Leslie	51 min
Jul 27, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley	50 min
Jul 27, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	42 min
Jul 27, 4:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson	25 min
Jul 27, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher	49 min
Jul 27, 4:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie	45 min
Jul 27, 4:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay	4 hr
Jul 27, 4:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	35 min
Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Leslie, Perry	45 min
Jul 27, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	39 min
Jul 27, 4:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	38 min
Jul 27, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	64 min
Jul 27, 5:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	6 hr
Jul 27, 5:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	35 min
Jul 27, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	48 min
Jul 27, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Whitley	41 min
Jul 27, 5:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	3 hr
Jul 27, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming, Rowan	51 min

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.