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Flood Watch 1, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flood watch at Feb 14, 2016, 4:12 PM EST for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 15, 2016, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2016, 4:12 PM EST (21:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2016, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 7:04 AM EST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Flood severity
- None
All 33 counties
Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 361 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
- 1243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Feb 14, 4:10 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 4:10 PM EST, 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 10:14 AM EST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1014 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 KYZ050-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-106>120-151815- MONTGOMERY-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI- LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-MORGAN-JOHNSON- WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE- LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMARGO...JEFFERSONVILLE... MOUNT STERLING...IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...STANTON... FRENCHBURG...BRODHEAD...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE... BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...WEST LIBERTY... PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG... WHEELWRIGHT...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES... BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG... INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON 1014 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 4 TO 5 INCHES ANTICIPATED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID MONDAY MORNING...THEN TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THE RAIN MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...INCREASING THE RISK FOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ESPECIALLY ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. RAIN AND SNOW ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOW REPORTS TODAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. KYZ044-051-052-104-151815- FLEMING-BATH-ROWAN-ELLIOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... SANDY HOOK 1014 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED. SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 3 TO 4 INCHES ANTICIPATED. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID TO LATE MONDAY MORNING...THEN TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THE RAIN MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...INCREASING THE RISK FOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ESPECIALLY ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. RAIN AND SNOW ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOW REPORTS TODAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. GUSEMAN/JVM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 14, 3:55 PM EST, 17 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 4:33 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 24 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.