Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 22, 2017, 11:54 AM EDT for Harlan County, 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
- Apr 22, 2017, 11:54 AM EDT (15:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2017, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Harlan County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 300 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
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
449
WGUS53 KJKL 221554
FFWJKL
KYC095-222015-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0004.170422T1554Z-170422T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
1154 AM EDT SAT APR 22 2017
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Harlan County in southeastern Kentucky...
* Until 415 PM EDT
* At 1150 AM EDT, emergency management officials reported heavy rain
across the warned area. Radar and surface reports indicate that
between one and two inches of rain has fallen across the area.
Additional rainfall will be moving back into the area this
afternoon. Flash flooding is already occurring near the Cranks and
Smith areas, especially along small creeks and streams.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Harlan, Evarts, Wallins Creek, Clovertown, Bobs Creek, Hensley
Store, Mary Alice, Black Bottom, Dizney, Chevrolet, Sunshine,
Louellen, Coxton, Short Town, Kentenia, Kenvir, Darkmont,
Highsplint, Elcomb and White Star.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3670 8346 3673 8350 3677 8349 3680 8350
3692 8308 3685 8300 3685 8307 3678 8313
3674 8314 3674 8320 3670 8334 3667 8343
3667 8346
$$
RAY2 follow-up statements
862
WGUS73 KJKL 221819
FFSJKL
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
219 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2017
KYC095-222015-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170422T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Harlan KY-
219 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN HARLAN COUNTY...
At 216 PM EDT, reports of flooding from excessive runoff due to
heavy rainfall this morning continue to show up from the public
within social media. Between one and two inches of rainfall has
fallen over portions of the warned area.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Harlan, Evarts, Wallins Creek, Clovertown, Bobs Creek, Hensley Store,
Mary Alice, Black Bottom, Dizney, Chevrolet, Sunshine, Louellen,
Coxton, Short Town, Kentenia, Kenvir, Darkmont, Highsplint, Elcomb
and White Star.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3670 8346 3673 8350 3677 8349 3680 8350
3692 8308 3685 8300 3685 8307 3678 8313
3674 8314 3674 8320 3670 8334 3667 8343
3667 8346
$$
RAY477
WGUS73 KJKL 222009
FFSJKL
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
409 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2017
KYC095-222018-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170422T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Harlan KY-
409 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HARLAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
415 PM EDT...
Flood waters have receded and flooding is no longer posing a threat.
Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3670 8346 3673 8350 3677 8349 3680 8350
3692 8308 3685 8300 3685 8307 3678 8313
3674 8314 3674 8320 3670 8334 3667 8343
3667 8346
$$
RAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 9:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pike | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 9 more | 48 hr |
| Apr 22, 11:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more | 3 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.