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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2014, 6:17 PM EDT for Leslie County, Perry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. 5 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
- Aug 9, 2014, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2014, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Leslie County, KY, Perry County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 W Hazard, KY | CREEK OUT OF THE BANKS ALONG ROCK HOUSE FORK ROAD IN BUSY. |
| Aug 9, 7:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 W Hazard, KY | CREEK OUT OF THE BANKS ALONG ROCK HOUSE FORK ROAD IN BUSY. |
| Aug 9, 8:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Sw Hazard, KY | WATER FLOWING OVER WHITAKER FORK ROAD IN THE BIG CREEK AREA. |
| Aug 9, 8:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Wsw Hazard, KY | WATER FLOWING OVER WHITAKER FORK ROAD IN THE BIG CREEK AREA. |
| Aug 9, 8:13 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | 2 Se Hyden, KY | HEAVY RAIN ENDUCED MUDSLIDE HAS AFFECTED 2 HOUSES ON HANOVER LANE OFF HWY 80 IN HYDEN. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
381
WGUS53 KJKL 092217
FFWJKL
KYC131-193-100230-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0021.140809T2217Z-140810T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
617 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HYDEN...AVAWAM...BIG FORK...BUCKHORN LAKE S.P....CAUSEY...CINDA...
CONFLUENCE...CUTSHIN...DALEY...DRYHILL...ESSIE...FREW...HOSEA...
HOSKINSTON...KALIOPI...MOSLEY BEND...SHOAL...SMILAX...STINNETT...
THOUSANDSTICKS...TOULOUSE...WENDOVER...WOOTON AND YEADDISS.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
JACKSON KY.
&&
LAT...LON 3734 8337 3719 8323 3707 8319 3704 8332
3706 8346 3731 8349
$$
JMW2 follow-up statements
184
WGUS73 KJKL 100105
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
905 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014
KYC131-193-100230-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140810T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LESLIE KY-PERRY KY-
905 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PERRY AND
NORTHERN LESLIE COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...
AT 859 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAD REPORTED ONGOING
FLASH FLOODING IN THE BIG CREEK AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...EXPECT RUNOFF INTO CREEKS AND
STREAMS TO CAUSE CONTINUED FLASH FLOOD ISSUES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF HOURS.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
HYDEN...AVAWAM...BUCKHORN LAKE S.P....CAUSEY...CINDA...CONFLUENCE...
CUTSHIN...DALEY...DRYHILL...ESSIE...FREW...HOSEA...HOSKINSTON...
KALIOPI...MOSLEY BEND...SHOAL...SMILAX...STINNETT...THOUSANDSTICKS...
TOULOUSE...WENDOVER...WOOTON AND YEADDISS.
SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE BIG CREEK AREA OF PERRY COUNTY REPORTED
FLOODING...INCLUDING SEVERAL BRIDGES UNDER WATER...WATER FLOWING
OVER WHITAKER FORK ROAD...AND WATER ENTERING THE OLD BIG CREEK
SCHOOL AROUND 8PM THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN
REPORTED NEAR HYDEN IN LESLIE COUNTY...AND NEAR BUSY IN PERRY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY.
&&
LAT...LON 3734 8337 3719 8323 3707 8319 3704 8332
3706 8346 3731 8349
$$501
WGUS73 KJKL 100146
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
946 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014
KYC131-193-100202-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140810T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LESLIE KY-PERRY KY-
946 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PERRY AND
NORTHERN LESLIE COUNTIES 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 3734 8337 3719 8323 3707 8319 3704 8332
3706 8346 3731 8349
$$
JMWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Knott, Letcher, Perry | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan, Letcher | 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.