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Flood Watch 2, NWS Jackson, KY

February 10, 20205 counties in Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2020-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2020-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 462 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 2:31 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill6 days
Feb 10, 5:36 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLLee5 days
Feb 10, 6:34 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Powell5 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2020Every flood watch in 2020

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.