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Areal Flood Warning 26, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this areal flood warning at Mar 2, 2021, 4:59 PM EST for Martin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 2, 2021, 4:59 PM EST (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2021, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Martin County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 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 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 2, 4:25 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 4:25 PM EST, 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 4:37 PM EST, 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 437 PM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-040045- 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 437 PM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Flooding will continue along portions of the Kentucky, Cumberland, Red, Licking and Big Sandy river basins through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Flooding will continue along portions of the Kentucky and Cumberland river basins through Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. GEOGERIAN/GEERTSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 10:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd | 17 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:08 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell | 11 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:18 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:52 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Pike | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:14 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:39 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Magoffin | 10 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Breathitt | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:54 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd | 27 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.