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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2019, 7:03 AM EDT for McCreary County, Wayne 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2019, 7:03 AM EDT (11:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2019, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties McCreary County, KY, Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 20, 6:07 AM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 6:07 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 447 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-080-085>088-104-106>120-211100- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle- Jackson-Laurel-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan-Elliott-Morgan-Johnson- Wolfe-Magoffin-Floyd-Lee-Breathitt-Knott-Owsley-Perry-Clay-Leslie- Letcher-Martin-Pike- Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, Mount Sterling, Owingsville, Morehead, Irvine, Ravenna, Clay City, Stanton, Frenchburg, Brodhead, Mount Vernon, McKee, Annville, London, Corbin, Williamsburg, Barbourville, Middlesboro, Pineville, Cumberland, Harlan, Sandy Hook, West Liberty, Paintsville, Campton, Salyersville, Prestonsburg, Wheelwright, Beattyville, Jackson, Hindman, Pippa Passes, Booneville, Hazard, Manchester, Hyden, Jenkins, Whitesburg, Inez, Coal Run, Elkhorn City, Pikeville, and South Williamson 447 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms will be possible through today, with best chances during the afternoon and evening. Some storms will be capable of producing strong wind gusts and heavy to torrential rainfall. Flash flooding will also remain a threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Thunderstorms will be possible at times from Friday evening through Wednesday. Thunderstorms may produce locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any instances of high water or flash flooding. Spotters are also encouraged to report any instances of damaging wind gusts and hail. KYZ079-083-084-211100- Pulaski-Wayne-McCreary- Including the cities of Burnside, Somerset, Monticello, Stearns, and Whitley City 447 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms will be possible through today, with best chances during the afternoon and evening. Some storms will be capable of producing strong wind gusts and heavy to torrential rainfall. Isolated flash flooding will remain a threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Thunderstorms will be possible at times from Friday evening through Wednesday. Thunderstorms may produce locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any instances of high water or flash flooding. Spotters are also encouraged to report any instances of damaging wind gusts and hail. JMW/HAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Fleming | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rockcastle | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Rockcastle | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 11:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 117 min |
| Jun 19, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox, Leslie, Perry | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie, Perry | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 5:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 8:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:35 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 43 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:37 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 35 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.