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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

June 26, 2015Pulaski County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2015, 12:52 AM EDT for Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
Jun 26, 2015, 12:52 AM EDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2015, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Pulaski County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2015-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1734 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2015-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

665 
WGUS53 KJKL 260452
FFWJKL
KYC199-260745-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0021.150626T0452Z-150626T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1252 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 345 AM EDT
    
* AT 1251 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WOODSTOCK...VALLEY OAK...SHOPVILLE...DABNEY AND BOBTOWN. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3716 8439 3712 8449 3715 8456 3719 8458
      3723 8459 3730 8456

$$

KAS
1 follow-up statement
137 
WGUS73 KJKL 260624
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
224 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

KYC199-260745-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150626T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI KY-
224 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY...

AT 223 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY 
OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WOODSTOCK...VALLEY OAK...SHOPVILLE...DABNEY AND BOBTOWN. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 2 
HOURS AND COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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 3716 8439 3712 8449 3715 8456 3719 8458
      3723 8459 3730 8456

$$

KAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin34 min
Jun 25, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPerry30 min
Jun 25, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJohnson31 min
Jun 25, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Morgan23 min
Jun 25, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWolfe31 min
Jun 25, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe20 min
Jun 25, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt28 min
Jun 25, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPerry30 min
Jun 25, 11:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnott25 min
Jun 25, 11:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Whitley2 hr
Jun 26, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWhitley50 min
Jun 26, 12:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLMagoffin, Wolfe3 hr
Jun 26, 12:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLPulaski3 hr
Jun 26, 12:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKLBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more25 hr
Jun 26, 1:03 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLLaurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle3 hr
Jun 26, 1:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski3 hr
Jun 26, 1:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLaurel34 min
Jun 26, 2:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle3 hr
Jun 26, 2:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLRockcastle3 hr
Jun 26, 3:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPulaski, Rockcastle33 min
Jun 26, 3:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson, Rockcastle3 hr
Jun 26, 3:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Pike45 min
Jun 26, 3:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLaurel, Rockcastle41 min
Jun 26, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWayne44 min
Jun 26, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWayne33 min
Jun 26, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski, Wayne52 min
Jun 26, 5:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLPulaski, Wayne115 min
Jun 26, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPulaski31 min
Jun 26, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski35 min
Jun 26, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPulaski, Rockcastle4 hr
Jun 26, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell32 min
Jun 26, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWhitley26 min

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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.