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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, KY

May 11, 2016Pulaski County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this areal flood warning at May 11, 2016, 2:57 AM EDT for Pulaski County, Rockcastle 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2016, 2:57 AM EDT (06:57 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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: 1257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 6.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at May 11, 1:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 1:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 2:18 AM EDT, 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 11:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 12:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 1:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 2:04 AM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 2:38 AM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 2:39 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt	28 min
May 10, 8:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 2 more	3 hr
May 10, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Perry	44 min
May 10, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Wolfe	39 min
May 10, 8:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Morgan, Wolfe	3 hr
May 10, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin	59 min
May 10, 8:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Lee, Magoffin and 2 more	3 hr
May 10, 8:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 10, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	76 min
May 10, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Martin, Pike	62 min
May 10, 9:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Fleming	3 hr
May 10, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knott, Pike	41 min
May 10, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	52 min
May 10, 9:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	3 hr
May 10, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	57 min
May 10, 9:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	2 hr
May 10, 10:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Wayne	31 min
May 10, 10:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	24 min
May 10, 10:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	3 hr
May 10, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rowan	49 min
May 10, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	17 min
May 10, 10:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	28 min
May 10, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski	40 min
May 10, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	14 min
May 10, 11:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	49 min
May 10, 11:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	4 hr
May 10, 11:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley	42 min
May 10, 11:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Pulaski and 2 more	5 hr
May 10, 11:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 11, 12:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry, Pike	6 hr
May 11, 12:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	33 min
May 11, 12:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Martin and 3 more	3 hr
May 11, 12:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 11, 1:25 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski	3 hr
May 11, 1:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary, Perry and 3 more	3 hr
May 11, 2:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox	41 min
May 11, 2:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	67 min
May 11, 2:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Whitley	66 min
May 11, 3:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 4 more	3 hr
May 11, 3:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Whitley	3 hr
May 11, 5:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	2 hr
May 11, 6:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 11, 7:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox	3 hr
May 11, 11:13 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	4 days
May 11, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rowan	32 min
May 11, 6:24 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	36 hr

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Areal Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2016 Every areal flood warning in 2016

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.