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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, KY

May 10, 20165 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2016, 11:24 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 10, 2016, 11:24 PM EDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2016, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bath County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

840 
WGUS53 KJKL 110324
FFWJKL
KYC011-063-069-173-205-110745-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0009.160511T0324Z-160511T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1124 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN ELLIOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 345 AM EDT

* AT 1121 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SOME
  LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF
  RAINFALL SINCE EARLIER THIS EVENING. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF
  RAIN COULD FALL BETWEEN 11:30 PM AND 1 AM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL
  LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...AND
  ROADSIDE CULVERTS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MOUNT
  STERLING...MOREHEAD...FLEMINGSBURG...OWINGSVILLE...EWINGTON...SIDEVIEW
  AND BRUIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3842 8355 3838 8345 3839 8340 3819 8327
      3819 8324 3824 8322 3827 8317 3818 8305
      3821 8301 3817 8298 3817 8292 3816 8292
      3805 8404 3811 8408 3832 8384 3836 8388
      3835 8390 3836 8392 3840 8393 3847 8360

$$

GEOGERIAN

2 follow-up statements

814 
WGUS73 KJKL 110500
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
100 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

KYC011-063-069-173-205-110745-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160511T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY KY-ELLIOTT KY-ROWAN KY-FLEMING KY-BATH KY-
100 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN ELLIOTT...ROWAN...FLEMING AND BATH
COUNTIES...

AT 1259 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE
RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS
EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG
CREEKS...STREAMS...ROADS...AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW
LYING AREAS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOUNT STERLING...MOREHEAD...FLEMINGSBURG...OWINGSVILLE...MARSHALL...
SHARPSBURG...SALT LICK...GRANGE CITY...ELIZAVILLE...PECKS RIDGE...HAYS
CROSSING...BETHEL...WAGNER STORE...FLAT CREEK...BOURBON FURNACE...PRESTON...
ODESSA...EWINGTON...SIDEVIEW AND BRUIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3842 8355 3838 8345 3839 8340 3819 8327
      3819 8324 3824 8322 3827 8317 3818 8305
      3821 8301 3817 8298 3817 8292 3816 8292
      3805 8404 3811 8408 3832 8384 3836 8388
      3835 8390 3836 8392 3840 8393 3847 8360

$$

GEOGERIAN

070 
WGUS73 KJKL 110742
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
342 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

KYC011-063-069-173-205-110751-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160511T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY KY-ELLIOTT KY-ROWAN KY-FLEMING KY-BATH KY-
342 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN
ELLIOTT...ROWAN...FLEMING AND BATH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 AM
EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. 

LAT...LON 3842 8355 3838 8345 3839 8340 3819 8327
      3819 8324 3824 8322 3827 8317 3818 8305
      3821 8301 3817 8298 3817 8292 3816 8292
      3805 8404 3811 8408 3832 8384 3836 8388
      3835 8390 3836 8392 3840 8393 3847 8360

$$

GEOGERIAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt	28 min
May 10, 8:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 2 more	3 hr
May 10, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Perry	44 min
May 10, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Wolfe	39 min
May 10, 8:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Morgan, Wolfe	3 hr
May 10, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin	59 min
May 10, 8:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Lee, Magoffin and 2 more	3 hr
May 10, 8:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 10, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	76 min
May 10, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Martin, Pike	62 min
May 10, 9:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Fleming	3 hr
May 10, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knott, Pike	41 min
May 10, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	52 min
May 10, 9:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	3 hr
May 10, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	57 min
May 10, 9:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	2 hr
May 10, 10:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Wayne	31 min
May 10, 10:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	24 min
May 10, 10:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	3 hr
May 10, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rowan	49 min
May 10, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	17 min
May 10, 10:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	28 min
May 10, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski	40 min
May 10, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	14 min
May 10, 11:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	49 min
May 10, 11:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley	42 min
May 10, 11:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Pulaski and 2 more	5 hr
May 10, 11:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 11, 12:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry, Pike	6 hr
May 11, 12:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	33 min
May 11, 12:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Martin and 3 more	3 hr
May 11, 12:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 11, 1:25 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski	3 hr
May 11, 1:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary, Perry and 3 more	3 hr
May 11, 2:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox	41 min
May 11, 2:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	67 min
May 11, 2:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Whitley	66 min
May 11, 2:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 11, 3:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 4 more	3 hr
May 11, 3:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Whitley	3 hr
May 11, 5:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	2 hr
May 11, 6:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 11, 7:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox	3 hr
May 11, 11:13 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	4 days
May 11, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rowan	32 min
May 11, 6:24 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	36 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.