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Areal Flood Warning 50, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this areal flood warning at Aug 19, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It was in force for 8 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
- Aug 19, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Estill County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 Aug 19, 11:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 11:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 3:43 AM EDT, 9 hours 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 343 AM EDT Thu Aug 19 2021 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-201045- 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 343 AM EDT Thu Aug 19 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible today and tonight, peaking during the afternoon and early evening hours. Some of these showers and storms could result in locally heavy rainfall, and may lead to some isolated flash flooding concerns, especially given the already saturated ground. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Thunderstorms are possible at times through the period. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to report any instances of flooding or flash flooding today and tonight. CMF/JMW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 11:42 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Whitley | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 5:44 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 12 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 119 min |
| Aug 19, 9:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Magoffin | 117 min |
| Aug 19, 10:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Lee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Magoffin, Powell, Wolfe | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pike | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:14 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 16 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:14 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 21 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Powell, Wolfe | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:20 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:52 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell | 45 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.