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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2016, 12:22 PM EDT for Bell County, Knox 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
- Aug 8, 2016, 12:22 PM EDT (16:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bell County, KY, Knox County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 1:30 PM EDT | FLOOD | 5 W Pineville, KY | WATER OF UNSPECIFIED DEPTH WAS REPORTED TO BE FLOWING OVER 3 COUNTY ROADS AND INTO YARDS JUST OFF KY HIGHWAY 92 NEAR THE INGRAM COMMUNITY. A CLUVERT ON ONE OF THE COUNTY ROADS WAS WASHED OUT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
957
WGUS53 KJKL 081622
FFWJKL
KYC013-121-081915-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0041.160808T1622Z-160808T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1222 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
WEST CENTRAL BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 1219 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN
PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA AND UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN COULD
FALL THROUGH 2 PM EDT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PINEVILLE...KAYJAY...DAVISBURG...FLAT LICK...INGRAM...
BRUSH CREEK...CLEAR CREEK SPRINGS...ARTEMUS...CHENOA...WHEELER...
MYRICK...HIMYAR...OLD FLAT LICK...TROSPER...WASIOTO...AVIS...
FOURMILE...WALLSEND...WARREN AND ELYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3666 8387 3681 8385 3684 8384 3684 8376
3674 8367
$$
JP2 follow-up statements
985
WGUS73 KJKL 081750
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
150 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2016
KYC013-121-081915-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160808T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX KY-BELL KY-
150 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KNOX AND WEST CENTRAL BELL COUNTIES...
AT 147 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM SHOWERS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY
RAIN EARLIER TODAY CONTINUES. THIS IS LIKELY LEADING TO RISES ALONG
CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY
OCCURRING OR SHOULD BEGIN SHORTLY IN SOME LOCATIONS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KAYJAY...FLAT LICK...INGRAM...BRUSH CREEK...CLEAR CREEK SPRINGS...
ARTEMUS...WHEELER...MYRICK...HIMYAR...OLD FLAT LICK...TROSPER...
AVIS...FOURMILE...WARREN AND ELYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3667 8386 3681 8385 3684 8384 3684 8376
3678 8373 3673 8372
$$
JP406
WGUS73 KJKL 081905
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
305 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2016
KYC013-121-081915-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160808T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX KY-BELL KY-
305 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KNOX AND WEST CENTRAL
BELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3667 8386 3681 8385 3684 8384 3684 8376
3678 8373 3673 8372
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 11:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan, Leslie | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Knox | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pike | 2 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.