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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY

February 21, 2014Floyd County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 21, 2014, 7:57 AM EST for Floyd 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
Feb 21, 2014, 7:57 AM EST (12:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2014, 12:00 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Floyd County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:59 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
Feb 21, 8:00 AM ESTFLASH FLOODArkansas, KYWATER ACROSS ARKANSAS CREEK ROAD. ROAD HAS BEEN BLOCKED OFF.

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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 12:00Z on 2014-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -287 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
109 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-287 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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.

919 
WGUS53 KJKL 211257
FFWJKL
KYC071-211700-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0002.140221T1257Z-140221T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
757 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL NOON EST

* AT 756 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
  THE WARNED AREA. KY 1427 WAS FLOODED FROM 12 INCHES OF FLOWING     
  WATER FROM ABBOT CREEK. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PRESTONSBURG...ALLEN...ALLEN CITY...ALVIN...ARKANSAS...BAMMER...
  BEAVER JUNCTION...CLIFF...DOCK...DWALE AND LANCER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3765 8267 3757 8269 3759 8280 3766 8285
      3771 8278

$$

JACOBSON
1 follow-up statement
044 
WGUS73 KJKL 211543
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1043 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

KYC071-211558-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLOYD KY-
1043 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN FLOYD
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 3765 8267 3757 8269 3759 8280 3766 8285
      3771 8278

$$

DUSTY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 10:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne44 min
Feb 20, 11:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Rockcastle38 min
Feb 20, 11:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle and 2 more48 min
Feb 20, 11:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more40 min
Feb 20, 11:27 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery and 3 more4 hr
Feb 20, 11:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle, Wolfe49 min
Feb 20, 11:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary and 2 more50 min
Feb 20, 11:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 3 more33 min
Feb 21, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley, Wolfe45 min
Feb 21, 12:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe40 min
Feb 21, 12:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 4 more48 min
Feb 21, 12:36 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lee, McCreary and 5 more5 hr
Feb 21, 12:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more48 min
Feb 21, 1:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Perry and 1 more46 min
Feb 21, 1:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin, Pike34 min
Feb 21, 1:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike56 min
Feb 21, 1:56 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 5 more3 hr
Feb 21, 2:31 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry3 hr
Feb 21, 2:59 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Knox, McCreary, Whitley4 hr
Feb 21, 3:30 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery and 3 more3 hr
Feb 21, 3:41 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin and 3 more6 hr
Feb 21, 5:41 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lee and 8 more3 hr
Feb 21, 6:12 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Clay, Knox, Leslie, McCreary, Whitley2 hr
Feb 21, 12:29 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLWhitley4 days
Feb 21, 1:42 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLLee64 hr
Feb 21, 1:46 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill70 hr
Feb 21, 3:12 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLClay16 hr
Feb 21, 4:42 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLKnox26 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.