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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, KY

May 2, 20165 counties in Kentucky

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-02Temperature 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 2016-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

GEOGERIAN
2 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

$$

GEOGERIAN
060 
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

$$

GEOGERIAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher, Pike11 min
May 1, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin33 min
May 1, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLeslie29 min
May 1, 8:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more3 hr
May 1, 8:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike6 hr
May 1, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLHarlan31 min
May 1, 9:02 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin12 hr
May 1, 10:15 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Powell4 days
May 2, 3:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKLBell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan and 16 more18 hr
May 2, 7:09 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLOwsley19 hr
May 2, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFloyd28 min
May 2, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLOwsley35 min
May 2, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Martin, Pike31 min
May 2, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Owsley, Perry39 min
May 2, 2:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin and 4 more5 hr
May 2, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMartin23 min
May 2, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin, Pike22 min
May 2, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Leslie, Perry30 min
May 2, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher, Pike43 min
May 2, 2:47 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLLee3 days
May 2, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell40 min
May 2, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry35 min
May 2, 3:09 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLMagoffin27 hr
May 2, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike30 min
May 2, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Pike41 min
May 2, 3:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Knott, Pike3 hr
May 2, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike26 min
May 2, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLetcher35 min
May 2, 3:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLee, Owsley3 hr
May 2, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry27 min
May 2, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike23 min
May 2, 7:02 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley and 1 more12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.