Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 7, 2015, 7:35 PM EDT for Bath County, Menifee County, Montgomery County, Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2015, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2015, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bath County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
587
WGUS53 KJKL 072335
FFWJKL
KYC011-165-173-080230-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0013.150407T2335Z-150408T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
735 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 734 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...FRENCHBURG...JEFFERSONVILLE...
CAMARGO...AND WELLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3808 8358 3800 8344 3785 8354 3805 8403
3812 8408 3814 8406 3817 8399 3819 8398
$$
ABE3 follow-up statements
394
WGUS73 KJKL 080129
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
929 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015
KYC011-165-173-080230-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150408T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-BATH KY-
929 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
MENIFEE...MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN BATH COUNTIES...
AT 925 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN DIMINISHING ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS WERE BEING
AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND
RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN
OTHER AREAS FOR ANOTHER HOUR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...FRENCHBURG...JEFFERSONVILLE...
CAMARGO...AND WELLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3808 8358 3800 8344 3785 8354 3805 8403
3812 8408 3814 8406 3817 8399 3819 8398
$$
ABE783
WGUS53 KJKL 080227
FFWJKL
KYC011-165-173-080530-
/O.EXT.KJKL.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150408T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1027 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 1022 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN MULTIPLE
LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA DUE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT
MOVED THROUGH EARLIER THIS EVENING. RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE
AREA...AND FLASH FLOOD WATERS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...FRENCHBURG...JEFFERSONVILLE...
CAMARGO...WELLINGTON...DAN...LOWER SPENCER...TABOR...BIG WOODS...
ROTHWELL...FLAT CREEK...BOURBON FURNACE...PRESTON...CROOKS...
EWINGTON...SIDEVIEW...WALKERS CROSSING...HOPE AND STOOPS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3808 8358 3800 8344 3785 8354 3805 8403
3812 8408 3814 8406 3817 8399 3819 8398
$$
JMW805
WGUS73 KJKL 080522
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
122 AM EDT WED APR 8 2015
KYC011-165-173-080531-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150408T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-BATH KY-
122 AM EDT WED APR 8 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MENIFEE...MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN BATH
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3808 8358 3800 8344 3785 8354 3805 8403
3812 8408 3814 8406 3817 8399 3819 8398
$$
JMWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 9:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 3 more | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Wolfe | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 7:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Wolfe | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.