Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2016, 5:17 PM EDT for Montgomery 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
- Jul 29, 2016, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Montgomery County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 5:48 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Mount Sterling, KY | SWIFT WATER RESCUE ONGOING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LEVEE ROAD AND KIDDVILLE ROAD. FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ROUTE. WATER COVERING ROADS MAKING THEM IMPASSABLE. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
058
WGUS53 KJKL 292117
FFWJKL
KYC173-300015-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0035.160729T2117Z-160730T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
517 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 516 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JEFFERSONVILLE...CAMARGO...PREWITT...LOWER SPENCER...
OGGS STATION...UPPER SPENCER...KLONDIKE AND COONS STATION.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3803 8381 3798 8379 3797 8399 3800 8401
3803 8402
$$
KAS2 follow-up statements
350
WGUS73 KJKL 292205
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
605 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016
KYC173-300015-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160730T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY KY-
605 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
AT 548 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING SOUTH
OF MOUNT STERLING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF KIDDVILLE ROAD AND LEVEE
ROAD. A SWIFT WATER RESCUE WAS ONGOING. UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JEFFERSONVILLE...CAMARGO...PREWITT...LOWER SPENCER...UPPER SPENCER...
KLONDIKE AND COONS STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3803 8384 3798 8385 3797 8399 3800 8401
3803 8402
$$
KAS224
WGUS73 KJKL 292336
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
736 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016
KYC173-292346-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160730T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY KY-
736 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3803 8384 3798 8385 3797 8399 3800 8401
3803 8402
$$
KASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 3:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Knox, Leslie, Perry | 63 min |
| Jul 29, 3:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Montgomery | 3 hr |
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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.