Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2016, 4:30 AM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports 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 1, 2016, 4:30 AM EDT (08:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2016, 7:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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 1, 5:03 AM EDT | FLOOD | Chavies, KY | WATER OVER PORTIONS OF KENEVA RD ALONG EVERSOLE CREEK AND APPROACHING SOME HOMES. |
| May 1, 5:45 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Altro, KY | WATER INSIDE CHURCH. |
| May 1, 5:45 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wolf Coal, KY | WATER SEVERAL FEET DEEP OVER HWY 1933. |
| May 1, 7:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Crockettsville, KY | WATER OVER BOWLING CREEK ROAD. A FAMILY IS TRAPPED DUE TO A BRIDGE BEING WASHED OUT. |
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 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
650
WGUS53 KJKL 010830
FFWJKL
KYC025-051-189-193-011130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0002.160501T0830Z-160501T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
430 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN OWSLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 730 AM EDT
* AT 430 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 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...
BUCKHORN...CROCKETTSVILLE...SIDELL...SACKER GAP...DAISYDELL...FOGERTOWN...
BUCKHORN LAKE S.P....LOST CREEK...NED...COPLAND...CHESTNUTBURG...
PORTERSBURG...NOBLE...FALL ROCK...THOMAS...VALJEAN...WHICK...WOLF COAL...
LAMONT AND LUCKY FORK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3712 8391 3719 8396 3726 8394 3726 8390
3729 8388 3756 8311 3739 8313 3730 8338
3732 8340 3729 8344 3729 8347 3727 8349
$$
KASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Laurel | 65 min |
| May 1, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 36 min |
| May 1, 2:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 31 min |
| May 1, 3:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Owsley, Pulaski and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary, Whitley | 3 hr |
| May 1, 5:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 3 hr |
| May 1, 6:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Whitley | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Owsley, Perry | 6 hr |
| May 1, 7:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Martin, Pike | 5 hr |
| May 1, 8:54 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay | 4 days |
| May 1, 8:54 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Owsley | 4 days |
| May 1, 8:54 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 4 days |
| May 1, 8:54 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 4 days |
| May 1, 12:07 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Magoffin | 7 hr |
| May 1, 2:15 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt | 4 days |
| May 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott | 29 min |
| May 1, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 29 min |
| May 1, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott | 27 min |
| May 1, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin | 24 min |
| May 1, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Fleming | 34 min |
| May 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 25 min |
| May 1, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 35 min |
| May 1, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 31 min |
| May 1, 4:04 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | Owsley | 18 hr |
| May 1, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin | 26 min |
| May 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rowan | 17 min |
| May 1, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike | 36 min |
| May 1, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike | 36 min |
| May 1, 5:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 30 hr |
| May 1, 5:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 59 hr |
| May 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 28 min |
| May 1, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin, Pike | 16 min |
| May 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 32 min |
| May 1, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 29 min |
| May 1, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Menifee, Powell | 25 min |
| May 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wolfe | 35 min |
| May 1, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott, Rowan | 36 min |
| May 1, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd | 35 min |
| May 1, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wolfe | 33 min |
| May 1, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 22 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe | 37 min |
| May 1, 6:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike | 3 hr |
| May 1, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Perry | 31 min |
| May 1, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott | 28 min |
| May 1, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd | 34 min |
| May 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 32 min |
| May 1, 6:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 11 hr |
| May 1, 6:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 11 hr |
| May 1, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan | 30 min |
| May 1, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 43 min |
| May 1, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Martin | 27 min |
| May 1, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 23 min |
| May 1, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 36 min |
| May 1, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott | 26 min |
| May 1, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wolfe | 24 min |
| May 1, 7:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Pike | 6 hr |
| May 1, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Letcher, Pike | 36 min |
| May 1, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wolfe | 33 min |
| May 1, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 31 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.