Alert archive / Kentucky / Flood Watches in 2020
Flood Watch 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flood watch at Feb 10, 2020, 4:00 AM EST for 5 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 10, 2020, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2020, 4:00 AM EST (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2020, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2020, 10:27 AM EST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bell County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 462 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 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 10, 3:11 AM EST, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 3:11 AM EST, 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 4:00 AM EST, 0 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 400 AM EST Mon Feb 10 2020 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083-104-106>120-111200- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle- Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-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, Burnside, Somerset, London, Monticello, 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 400 AM EST Mon Feb 10 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Rivers will continue to run high across the area and with more rain today and tonight their rate of falling will slow or stop completely. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Look for the Cumberland and Kentucky rivers to continue to run high through the week. Another round of moderate to heavy rain is expected from Tuesday night through Thursday. This rain will fall on already saturated grounds likely leading to rapid and renewed rises on area creeks, streams, and rivers as well as flood concerns. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report instances of heavy rain and flooding through the week. KYZ084>088-111200- McCreary-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan- Including the cities of Stearns, Whitley City, Corbin, Williamsburg, Barbourville, Middlesboro, Pineville, Cumberland, and Harlan 400 AM EST Mon Feb 10 2020 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Times of moderate to heavy rain today and tonight could result in renewed flooding in the Cumberland River Basin. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Look for the Cumberland and Kentucky rivers to continue to run high through the week. Another round of moderate to heavy rain is expected from Tuesday night through Thursday. This rain will fall on already saturated grounds likely leading to rapid and renewed rises on area creeks, streams, and rivers as well as flood concerns. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report instances of heavy rain and flooding through the week. GREIF/KAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2:31 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 6 days |
| Feb 10, 5:36 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 5 days |
| Feb 10, 6:34 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 5 days |
Nearby
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.