Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2015, 2:26 AM EDT for Pike 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
- Jul 13, 2015, 2:26 AM EDT (06:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2015, 5:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pike County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 1743 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
875
WGUS53 KJKL 130626
FFWJKL
KYC195-130930-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0049.150713T0626Z-150713T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
226 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 530 AM EDT
* AT 225 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KIMPER...MCANDREWS...HUDDY...CANADA AND SIDNEY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...RIGHT FORK
BLACKBERRY CREEK...ROAD BRANCH...MUDLICK BRANCH...STINKING BRANCH...
LONG FORK...LEFT FORK BUSHY FORK...BLACKBERRY FORK...MEATHOUSE
FORK...POND CREEK...ATKINS BRANCH...STRATTON FORK...BIG CREEK...
RACCOON CREEK...GABRIEL BRANCH...BENT BRANCH AND JOHNS CREEK.
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 3758 8222 3746 8226 3751 8242 3764 8239
$$
GEOGERIAN2 follow-up statements
511 WGUS73 KJKL 130700 FFSJKL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 300 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2015 KYC195-130930- /O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150713T0930Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PIKE KY- 300 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY... AT 258 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 2:30 AM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KIMPER...MCANDREWS...HUDDY...CANADA AND SIDNEY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...RIGHT FORK BLACKBERRY CREEK...ROAD BRANCH...MUDLICK BRANCH...STINKING BRANCH... LONG FORK...LEFT FORK BUSHY FORK...BLACKBERRY FORK...MEATHOUSE FORK...POND CREEK...ATKINS BRANCH...STRATTON FORK...BIG CREEK... RACCOON CREEK...GABRIEL BRANCH...BENT BRANCH AND JOHNS CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3758 8222 3746 8226 3751 8242 3764 8239 $$ GEOGERIAN
457 WGUS73 KJKL 130930 FFSJKL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 530 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2015 KYC195-130940- /O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150713T0930Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PIKE KY- 530 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3758 8222 3746 8226 3751 8242 3764 8239 $$ GEOGERIAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Johnson | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Martin, Pike | 115 min |
| Jul 13, 1:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 48 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson, Morgan | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee and 5 more | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 118 min |
| Jul 13, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 3:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan | 116 min |
| Jul 13, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and 6 more | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 3:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Lee and 5 more | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 4:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Pike | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 4:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Elliott, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Leslie and 5 more | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 4:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Knox, Laurel and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Knott and 6 more | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 18 min |
| Jul 13, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 13 min |
| Jul 13, 5:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 6:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 119 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.