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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 11, 2018, 3:33 AM EDT for Pulaski County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
- Oct 11, 2018, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2018, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 477 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
175
WGUS53 KJKL 110733
FFWJKL
KYC199-203-111030-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0049.181011T0733Z-181011T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
333 AM EDT THU OCT 11 2018
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Pulaski County in south central Kentucky...
South central Rockcastle County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 630 AM EDT.
* At 331 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. Flash
flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Billows, Bloss, Grade, Dykes, Sloans Valley and Bent.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to an inch are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3695 8459 3722 8436 3721 8427 3720 8426
3720 8428 3719 8427 3717 8429 3717 8430
3716 8429 3693 8451
$$
GREIF2 follow-up statements
115
WGUS73 KJKL 110901
FFSJKL
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
501 AM EDT THU OCT 11 2018
KYC199-203-111030-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-181011T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pulaski KY-Rockcastle KY-
501 AM EDT THU OCT 11 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI AND SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKCASTLE COUNTIES...
At 500 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding
is expected to begin shortly.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Billows, Bloss, Grade, Sloans Valley, and Bent.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3695 8459 3722 8436 3721 8427 3720 8426
3720 8428 3719 8427 3717 8429 3717 8430
3716 8429 3693 8451
$$
GREIF700
WGUS73 KJKL 111024
FFSJKL
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
624 AM EDT THU OCT 11 2018
KYC199-203-111033-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-181011T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pulaski KY-Rockcastle KY-
624 AM EDT THU OCT 11 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ROCKCASTLE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 AM EDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3695 8459 3722 8436 3721 8427 3720 8426
3720 8428 3719 8427 3717 8429 3717 8430
3716 8429 3693 8451
$$
GREIFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 1:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Montgomery, Powell | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 9:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pike | 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.