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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Jackson, KY

July 5, 2015Pulaski County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2015, 12:06 AM EDT for Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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: Jul 5, 2015, 12:06 AM EDT (04:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2015, 3:00 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), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 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
Jul 5, 12:50 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 E Bent, KY	RESCUE CREW WAS EVACUATING RESIDENTS OF A HOME SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATER NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF ACORN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 226 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

061 
WGUS53 KJKL 050406
FFWJKL
KYC199-050700-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0039.150705T0406Z-150705T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1206 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT
    
* AT 1204 AM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 
  THE WARNED AREA. WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THAT SOME LOCATIONS HAVE 
  ALREADY RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN 
  HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 
  BENT...VALLEY OAK...SHOPVILLE...DABNEY AND BOBTOWN. 

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 3727 8462 3718 8432 3716 8429 3712 8430
      3712 8428 3710 8428 3707 8433 3712 8449
      3722 8465

$$

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2 follow-up statements

795 
WGUS73 KJKL 050612
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
212 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

KYC199-050700-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150705T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI KY-
212 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY...

FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN EASTERN PULASKI COUNTY.

AT 208 AM EDT...THE 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED THAT A RESCUE CREW WAS 
EVACUATING RESIDENTS OF A HOME SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATER NEAR THE 
COMMUNITY OF ACORN. 
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BENT...VALLEY 
OAK...SHOPVILLE...DABNEY AND BOBTOWN. 

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 3727 8462 3718 8432 3716 8429 3712 8430
      3712 8428 3710 8428 3707 8433 3712 8449
      3722 8465

$$

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390 
WGUS73 KJKL 050658
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
258 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

KYC199-050705-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150705T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI KY-
258 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 300 AM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND HIGH WATER ON SMALL STREAMS SHOULD BE 
RECEDING. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...AND 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE. 

LAT...LON 3727 8462 3718 8432 3716 8429 3712 8430
      3712 8428 3710 8428 3707 8433 3712 8449
      3722 8465

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Leslie	66 min
Jul 4, 8:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel	57 min
Jul 4, 8:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	66 min
Jul 4, 8:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Laurel	52 min
Jul 4, 9:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel	61 min
Jul 4, 10:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel	115 min
Jul 4, 10:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay	2 hr
Jul 5, 12:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Clay	3 hr
Jul 5, 12:56 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 26 more	27 hr
Jul 5, 1:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	3 hr
Jul 5, 2:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley	3 hr
Jul 5, 3:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	3 hr
Jul 5, 5:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, Rockcastle	3 hr
Jul 5, 8:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe	3 hr
Jul 5, 8:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Menifee, Montgomery, Powell	3 hr
Jul 5, 2:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knott, Letcher, Perry	3 hr
Jul 5, 3:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Pike	119 min
Jul 5, 3:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Menifee, Powell	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pulaski	3 hr
Jul 5, 4:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Magoffin	3 hr
Jul 5, 6:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pulaski	112 min
Jul 5, 6:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	118 min
Jul 5, 6:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Harlan	2 hr
Jul 5, 7:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Letcher	117 min
Jul 5, 7:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Martin	114 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.