Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2016, 2:22 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2016, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clay County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
347
WGUS53 KJKL 021822
FFWJKL
KYC051-109-125-199-203-022215-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0005.160502T1822Z-160502T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
222 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 221 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SOMERSET...LONDON...MANCHESTER...SIDELL...SOURWOOD...HAZEL PATCH...SACKER
GAP...FOGERTOWN...BENT...PARROT...BERNSTADT...WELCHBURG...CHESTNUTBURG...
PORTERSBURG...EAST BERNSTADT...ROYRADER...FALL ROCK...HIGHTOP...TYNER
AND MERSHONS.
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 3691 8452 3714 8461 3742 8384 3737 8381
3735 8378 3717 8370
$$
GEOGERIAN2 follow-up statements
774
WGUS73 KJKL 021921
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
321 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
KYC051-109-125-199-203-022215-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160502T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY KY-LAUREL KY-JACKSON KY-PULASKI KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-
321 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLAY...LAUREL...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN
PULASKI AND SOUTHEASTERN ROCKCASTLE COUNTIES...
AT 319 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR
HAS INDICATED THAT PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN
1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH
OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 3:30 AND 5 PM.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...
ROADS...AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SOMERSET...LONDON...MANCHESTER...SIDELL...SOURWOOD...HAZEL PATCH...SACKER
GAP...FOGERTOWN...BENT...PARROT...BERNSTADT...WELCHBURG...CHESTNUTBURG...
PORTERSBURG...EAST BERNSTADT...ROYRADER...FALL ROCK...HIGHTOP...TYNER AND
MERSHONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3691 8452 3714 8461 3742 8384 3737 8381
3735 8378 3717 8370
$$
GEOGERIAN060
WGUS73 KJKL 022208
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
608 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
KYC051-109-125-199-203-022218-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160502T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY KY-LAUREL KY-JACKSON KY-PULASKI KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-
608 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY...LAUREL...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI AND SOUTHEASTERN
ROCKCASTLE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3691 8452 3714 8461 3742 8384 3737 8381
3735 8378 3717 8370
$$
GEOGERIANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 11 min |
| May 1, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 33 min |
| May 1, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie | 29 min |
| May 1, 8:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 1, 8:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike | 6 hr |
| May 1, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 31 min |
| May 1, 9:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin | 12 hr |
| May 1, 10:15 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 4 days |
| May 2, 3:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan and 16 more | 18 hr |
| May 2, 7:09 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Owsley | 19 hr |
| May 2, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd | 28 min |
| May 2, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Owsley | 35 min |
| May 2, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 31 min |
| May 2, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Owsley, Perry | 39 min |
| May 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 23 min |
| May 2, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin, Pike | 22 min |
| May 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Leslie, Perry | 30 min |
| May 2, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 43 min |
| May 2, 2:47 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 3 days |
| May 2, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell | 40 min |
| May 2, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry | 35 min |
| May 2, 3:09 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Magoffin | 27 hr |
| May 2, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 30 min |
| May 2, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 41 min |
| May 2, 3:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Pike | 3 hr |
| May 2, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 26 min |
| May 2, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher | 35 min |
| May 2, 3:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Lee, Owsley | 3 hr |
| May 2, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 27 min |
| May 2, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 23 min |
| May 2, 7:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley and 1 more | 12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.