Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2018, 5:48 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 117 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2018, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2018, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Morehead, KY | CREEK OUT OF BANKS AND FLOWING DOWN ROAD IN MOREHEAD. |
| May 16, 6:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw Morehead, KY | WATER REPORTED OVER FLEMINGSBURG ROAD 4 MILES NORTH OF MOREHEAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
157
WGUS53 KJKL 162148
FFWJKL
KYC011-069-173-205-162345-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0002.180516T2148Z-180516T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
548 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2018
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Montgomery County in east central Kentucky...
Bath County in east central Kentucky...
Fleming County in east central Kentucky...
Central Rowan County in east central Kentucky...
* Until 745 PM EDT
* At 545 PM EDT, the public reported thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. This is leading to instances of flash
flooding.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Mount Sterling, Morehead, Flemingsburg, Owingsville, Marshall,
Jeffersonville, Camargo, Sharpsburg, Salt Lick, Fairview, Ramey,
Pecks Ridge, Levee, Wyoming, Peasticks, Olympia Springs, Triplett,
Flat Creek, Odessa and Hilda.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3852 8363 3848 8358 3843 8358 3838 8345
3840 8342 3839 8340 3830 8333 3822 8331
3793 8397 3802 8402 3817 8392 3823 8394
3832 8384 3836 8388 3835 8390 3837 8390
3836 8392 3845 8398 3849 8393 3846 8385
$$
JMW1 follow-up statement
896
WGUS73 KJKL 162345
FFSJKL
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
745 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2018
KYC011-069-173-205-162355-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180516T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Montgomery KY-Bath KY-Fleming KY-Rowan KY-
745 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MONTGOMERY...BATH...FLEMING
AND CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
Heaviest rains have ended and flood waters have receded. Flooding is
no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any
remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3852 8363 3848 8358 3843 8358 3838 8345
3840 8342 3839 8340 3830 8333 3822 8331
3793 8397 3802 8402 3817 8392 3823 8394
3832 8384 3836 8388 3835 8390 3837 8390
3836 8392 3845 8398 3849 8393 3846 8385
$$
JMWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 9:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 111 min |
| May 16, 3:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 29 min |
| May 16, 4:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 2 hr |
| May 16, 5:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Powell, Rockcastle | 2 hr |
| May 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 55 min |
| May 16, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Breathitt, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 3 more | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott | 58 min |
| May 16, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox | 24 min |
| May 16, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox, Whitley | 52 min |
| May 16, 7:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 3 hr |
| May 16, 7:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Morgan, Rowan | 113 min |
| May 16, 7:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Magoffin, Perry | 113 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.