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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood watch at Jul 14, 2014, 11:06 PM EDT for 20 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2014, 11:06 PM EDT (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2014, 6:26 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jul 14, 8:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 8:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 14, 8:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 916 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 KYZ068-079-080-084>086-150200- MCCREARY-PULASKI-ROCKCASTLE-WHITLEY-LAUREL-KNOX- 916 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 ...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING... NORTHWESTERN KNOX... NORTHEASTERN MCCREARY... PULASKI... SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKCASTLE... NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL. AT 915 PM EDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR ELIHU...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...SHOPVILLE AROUND 920 PM EDT...DYKES AROUND 925 PM EDT...MOUNT VICTORY AROUND 930 PM EDT...HUXLEY AROUND 935 PM EDT...AND ROCKCASTLE SPRINGS AROUND 940 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. GREIF
Local storm report, Jul 14, 9:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
933 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0806 PM HEAVY RAIN LILY 37.02N 84.08W
07/14/2014 M1.25 INCH LAUREL KY TRAINED SPOTTER
1.25 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 40 MINUTES.
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GREIFLocal storm report, Jul 14, 9:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 946 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 KYZ083-084-150230- MCCREARY-WAYNE- 946 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING... WESTERN MCCREARY AND WAYNE. AT 946 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIDALGO...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...COOPER AROUND 955 PM EDT...OIL VALLEY AROUND 1000 PM EDT...BARRIER AROUND 1005 PM EDT...COOPERSVILLE AROUND 1010 PM EDT...AND KIDDS CROSSING AROUND 1015 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. GREIF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 14, 8:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Whitley | 5 hr |
| Jul 15, 12:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley, Pulaski and 1 more | 4 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.