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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Jackson, KY

August 8, 2016Bell County, Knox County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 8, 1:30 PM EDTFLOOD5 W Pineville, KYWATER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-08-08Temperature 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

JP
2 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

$$

JP
406 
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

$$

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 11:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLHarlan, Leslie3 hr
Aug 8, 12:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Knox3 hr
Aug 8, 4:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLPike2 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.