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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY

May 1, 20164 counties in Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 1, 5:03 AM EDTFLOODChavies, KYWATER OVER PORTIONS OF KENEVA RD ALONG EVERSOLE CREEK AND APPROACHING SOME HOMES.
May 1, 5:45 AM EDTFLASH FLOODAltro, KYWATER INSIDE CHURCH.
May 1, 5:45 AM EDTFLASH FLOODWolf Coal, KYWATER SEVERAL FEET DEEP OVER HWY 1933.
May 1, 7:00 AM EDTFLASH FLOODCrockettsville, KYWATER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 299 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

KAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLaurel65 min
May 1, 2:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski, Wayne36 min
May 1, 2:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPulaski31 min
May 1, 3:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Owsley, Pulaski and 2 more3 hr
May 1, 4:17 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin and 2 more3 hr
May 1, 4:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary, Whitley3 hr
May 1, 5:27 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Martin, Pike3 hr
May 1, 6:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski3 hr
May 1, 7:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Whitley3 hr
May 1, 7:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Knox, Whitley3 hr
May 1, 7:23 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Owsley, Perry6 hr
May 1, 7:30 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Martin, Pike5 hr
May 1, 8:54 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLClay4 days
May 1, 8:54 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLOwsley4 days
May 1, 8:54 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLLee4 days
May 1, 8:54 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill4 days
May 1, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLMagoffin7 hr
May 1, 2:15 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt4 days
May 1, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott29 min
May 1, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin29 min
May 1, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott27 min
May 1, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Magoffin24 min
May 1, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFleming34 min
May 1, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming, Rowan25 min
May 1, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin35 min
May 1, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming31 min
May 1, 4:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLOwsley18 hr
May 1, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin26 min
May 1, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLRowan17 min
May 1, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike36 min
May 1, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike36 min
May 1, 5:06 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLLee30 hr
May 1, 5:06 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLEstill59 hr
May 1, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell28 min
May 1, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin, Pike16 min
May 1, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Montgomery32 min
May 1, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin29 min
May 1, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMenifee, Powell25 min
May 1, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWolfe35 min
May 1, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott, Rowan36 min
May 1, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFloyd35 min
May 1, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWolfe33 min
May 1, 6:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKLBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 22 more6 hr
May 1, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe37 min
May 1, 6:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike3 hr
May 1, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPerry31 min
May 1, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott28 min
May 1, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFloyd34 min
May 1, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin32 min
May 1, 6:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLMagoffin11 hr
May 1, 6:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLMagoffin11 hr
May 1, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin, Morgan30 min
May 1, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Pike43 min
May 1, 6:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLElliott, Morgan, Rowan3 hr
May 1, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Magoffin, Martin27 min
May 1, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike23 min
May 1, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMartin36 min
May 1, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnott26 min
May 1, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWolfe24 min
May 1, 7:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Pike6 hr
May 1, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott, Letcher, Pike36 min
May 1, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWolfe33 min
May 1, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike31 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.