Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2016, 8:15 AM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Sep 18, 2016, 8:15 AM EDT (12:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2016, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Estill County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Powell County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 9:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 5 | 3 Wnw Stanton, KY | NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. |
| Sep 18, 9:15 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wsw Stanton, KY | KROGER PARKING LOT INUNDATED WITH WATER. NEARBY DITCHES AND JUDY CREEK WERE OVERSPILLING THEIR BANKS. WATER ROSE OVER SEMI TRUCK WHEEL WELLS AND APPROXIMATELY 3-4 FEET UP LOADING DOCK RAMPS. |
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
269
WGUS53 KJKL 181215
FFWJKL
KYC065-165-173-175-197-237-181515-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0045.160918T1215Z-160918T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
815 AM EDT SUN SEP 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
WEST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
POWELL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN ESTILL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT
* AT 812 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN THE WARNED AREA. WEATHER RADAR SHOWS THAT SOME
LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STANTON...FRENCHBURG...JEFFERSONVILLE...CLAY CITY...WELLINGTON...
CAMPSITES IN THE INDIAN CREEK AREA OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL
FOREST...VAUGHNS MILL...STOLL...TABOR...CRESSY...KOOMER RIDGE
CAMPGROUND...SPOUT SPRINGS...FITCHBURG...HAYSTACK...POWELL
VALLEY...COTTAGE FURNACE...WISEMAN CROSSING STATION...LOMBARD...
JENSON AND DENNISTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3795 8336 3772 8367 3772 8409 3777 8409
3778 8411 3781 8408 3781 8411 3782 8411
3784 8408 3782 8407 3785 8406 3784 8400
3787 8403 3787 8402 3792 8399 3793 8397
3795 8397
$$
HAL2 follow-up statements
763
WGUS73 KJKL 181415
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1015 AM EDT SUN SEP 18 2016
KYC065-165-173-175-197-237-181515-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160918T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY KY-MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-WOLFE KY-POWELL KY-ESTILL KY-
1015 AM EDT SUN SEP 18 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHERN MENIFEE...WEST CENTRAL MORGAN...
NORTHWESTERN WOLFE...POWELL AND NORTHERN ESTILL COUNTIES...
AT 1013 AM EDT...LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3
TO 5 INCHES NEAR CLAY CITY AND STANTON.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STANTON...FRENCHBURG...JEFFERSONVILLE...CLAY CITY...WELLINGTON...
CAMPSITES IN THE INDIAN CREEK AREA OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL
FOREST...VAUGHNS MILL...STOLL...TABOR...CRESSY...KOOMER RIDGE
CAMPGROUND...SPOUT SPRINGS...FITCHBURG...HAYSTACK...POWELL VALLEY...
COTTAGE FURNACE...WISEMAN CROSSING STATION...LOMBARD...JENSON AND
DENNISTON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3795 8336 3772 8367 3772 8409 3777 8409
3778 8411 3781 8408 3781 8411 3782 8411
3784 8408 3782 8407 3785 8406 3784 8400
3787 8403 3787 8402 3792 8399 3793 8397
3795 8397
$$
JG466
WGUS73 KJKL 181516
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1116 AM EDT SUN SEP 18 2016
KYC065-165-173-175-197-237-181525-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160918T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY KY-MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-WOLFE KY-POWELL KY-ESTILL KY-
1116 AM EDT SUN SEP 18 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHERN
MENIFEE...WEST CENTRAL MORGAN...NORTHWESTERN WOLFE...POWELL AND
NORTHERN ESTILL COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...HOWEVER LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3795 8336 3772 8367 3772 8409 3777 8409
3778 8411 3781 8408 3781 8411 3782 8411
3784 8408 3782 8407 3785 8406 3784 8400
3787 8403 3787 8402 3792 8399 3793 8397
3795 8397
$$
JGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 5:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Montgomery, Powell | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 6:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Montgomery, Powell | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Lee, Morgan, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 12:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Leslie | 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.