Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Arkansas, KY | WATER 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.
- 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
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
$$
JACOBSON1 follow-up statement
044
WGUS73 KJKL 211543
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1043 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
KYC071-211558-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLOYD KY-
1043 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN FLOYD
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3765 8267 3757 8269 3759 8280 3766 8285
3771 8278
$$
DUSTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 10:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne | 44 min |
| Feb 20, 11:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Rockcastle | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 11:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle and 2 more | 48 min |
| Feb 20, 11:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more | 40 min |
| Feb 20, 11:27 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle, Wolfe | 49 min |
| Feb 20, 11:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary and 2 more | 50 min |
| Feb 20, 11:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 3 more | 33 min |
| Feb 21, 12:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley, Wolfe | 45 min |
| Feb 21, 12:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 12:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 4 more | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 12:36 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lee, McCreary and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 1:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Perry and 1 more | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 1:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin, Pike | 34 min |
| Feb 21, 1:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 1:56 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:30 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:41 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:41 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lee and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:12 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox, Leslie, McCreary, Whitley | 2 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:29 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Whitley | 4 days |
| Feb 21, 1:42 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 64 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:46 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 70 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:12 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay | 16 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:42 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox | 26 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.