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Areal Flood Advisory 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this areal flood advisory at Feb 28, 2021, 12:12 AM EST for 8 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2021, 12:12 AM EST (05:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2021, 2:56 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Breathitt County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Knott County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 1023 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Feb 27, 11:30 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 11:30 PM EST, 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 4:15 PM EST, 7 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Jackson KY 415 PM EST Sat Feb 27 2021 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-010015- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle- Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-McCreary-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, Burnside, Somerset, London, Monticello, Stearns, Whitley City, 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 415 PM EST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Heavy rainfall, aided by a few thunderstorms, is expected tonight. This will lead to a threat for flooding of streams, creeks, and rivers. In addition, flash flooding is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Heavy rainfall will continue through Sunday night. Thunderstorms are possible Sunday and Sunday evening and a few of which Sunday afternoon and evening could produce gusty winds. Runoff from the additional rainfall will lead to a threat for flooding of streams, creeks, and rivers. In addition, flash flooding is also possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any instances of flooding or rainfall amounts over an inch through Sunday night. JP/HAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 7:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:04 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd | 48 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:35 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox, Leslie, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:00 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:51 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:54 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Letcher and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:19 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Knott, Laurel and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Perry and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:38 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Leslie | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Rowan | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:46 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell | 3 days |
| Feb 28, 8:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Estill, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Powell and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:28 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:01 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 11:01 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 61 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:28 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:35 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Laurel and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:46 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:14 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:01 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:10 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Lee and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:16 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Pike | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:21 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Laurel and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 6:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Leslie and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel | 44 min |
| Feb 28, 6:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Owsley, Pike | 8 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.