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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Jackson, KY

July 29, 2016Montgomery County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 5:48 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 S Mount Sterling, KYSWIFT 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 381 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

KAS
2 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

$$

KAS
224 
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

$$

KAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary, Whitley53 min
Jul 29, 3:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLKnox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley3 hr
Jul 29, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Knox, Leslie, Perry63 min
Jul 29, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLMcCreary, Whitley3 hr
Jul 29, 3:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay3 hr
Jul 29, 4:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Leslie, Perry3 hr
Jul 29, 5:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLMontgomery3 hr

Nearby

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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.