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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY

April 7, 2015Bath County, Menifee County, Montgomery County, Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2015-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

ABE
3 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

$$

ABE
783 
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

$$

JMW
805 
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

$$

JMW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 9:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 2 more3 hr
Apr 7, 9:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Knox, Laurel, Whitley3 hr
Apr 7, 12:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery and 4 more6 hr
Apr 7, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan44 min
Apr 7, 6:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKLBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more6 hr
Apr 7, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Jackson25 min
Apr 7, 7:10 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee50 min
Apr 7, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle56 min
Apr 7, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 3 more52 min
Apr 7, 7:55 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Lee, Wolfe35 min
Apr 7, 7:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Wolfe6 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.