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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY

May 12, 2016Jackson County, Owsley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2016, 6:46 PM EDT for Jackson County, Owsley 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: May 12, 2016, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2016, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Jackson County, KY, Owsley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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
May 12, 7:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ese Mckee, KY	US HIGHWAY 421 AND KY HIGHWAY 587 ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER ROADS IN THE AREA WERE IMPASSIBLE.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

581 
WGUS53 KJKL 122246
FFWJKL
KYC109-189-130145-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0013.160512T2246Z-160513T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
646 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN OWSLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 644 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BY 7 PM NEAR AND JUST TO THE
  SOUTH OF MCKEE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MCKEE...NEW ZION...BLAKE...GRAY HAWK...HERD...WELCHBURG...
  SHOP BRANCH...GREEN HALL...MACEDONIA...TRAVELLERS REST...TYNER...
  SETTLE STORE...STURGEON...DABOLT...BRADSHAW...PRIVETT...HURLEY...
  MUMMIE...WILD DOG AND ANNVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3744 8409 3750 8386 3749 8383 3749 8379
      3738 8373 3729 8401

$$

JP

2 follow-up statements

390 
WGUS73 KJKL 130014
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
814 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

KYC109-189-130145-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160513T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OWSLEY KY-JACKSON KY-
814 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OWSLEY AND CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTIES...

AT 810 PM EDT...HEAVY RAIN HAD EXITED THE AREA.  HOWEVER...FLASH
FLOODING WAS ONGOING DUE TO EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS. MULTIPLE ROADS
WERE REPORTED TO BE IMPASSIBLE SOUTH OF MCKEE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MCKEE...NEW ZION...BLAKE...GRAY HAWK...HERD...WELCHBURG...
SHOP BRANCH...GREEN HALL...MACEDONIA...TRAVELLERS REST...TYNER...
SETTLE STORE...STURGEON...DABOLT...BRADSHAW...PRIVETT...HURLEY...
MUMMIE...WILD DOG AND ANNVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3744 8409 3750 8386 3749 8383 3749 8379
      3738 8373 3729 8401

$$

HAL

349 
WGUS73 KJKL 130145
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
945 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

KYC109-189-130155-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160513T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OWSLEY KY-JACKSON KY-
945 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OWSLEY AND CENTRAL
JACKSON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3744 8409 3750 8386 3749 8383 3749 8379
      3738 8373 3729 8401

$$

JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 10:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Rockcastle	36 min
May 11, 11:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	34 min
May 11, 11:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, McCreary and 5 more	33 min
May 11, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Owsley	38 min
May 11, 11:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, Perry	32 min
May 12, 12:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 10 more	28 min
May 12, 12:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	35 min
May 12, 12:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Harlan, Leslie, Perry	31 min
May 12, 12:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Harlan	29 min
May 12, 12:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 3 more	64 min
May 12, 1:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle	117 min
May 12, 1:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski	2 hr
May 12, 3:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	19 hr
May 12, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Owsley	27 min
May 12, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	13 min
May 12, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Owsley	19 min
May 12, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox	18 min
May 12, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Perry	28 min
May 12, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Leslie	37 min
May 12, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Perry	34 min
May 12, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knott	32 min
May 12, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	35 min
May 12, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	44 min
May 12, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	43 min
May 12, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson	24 min
May 12, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel	45 min
May 12, 6:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Jackson, Lee, Owsley	3 hr
May 12, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson	29 min
May 12, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson	32 min
May 12, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill, Lee	32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.