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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Jackson, KY

March 28, 20217 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 28, 2021, 5:00 AM EDT for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2021, 5:00 AM EDT (09:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2021, 10:47 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Perry County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 28, 5:24 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ese Ogle, KY	WATER RESCUES ARE ONGOING ON MAY FORK RD. ROADS ARE BECOMING INUDATED WITH WATER. WATER RESCUES ARE BECOMING DIFFICULT DUE TO FLOODED ROADWAYS.
Mar 28, 6:43 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Stony Fork, KY	WATER ACROSS ROAD AT JUNCTION OF HWY 221 AND 2011.
Mar 28, 6:55 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Elcomb, KY	YARDS FLOODED DUE TO HIGH WATER WITH HOMES SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATERS.
Mar 28, 6:55 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Evarts, KY	OFFICIALS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING KELLY STREET DUE TO FLOOD WATERS IN EVARTS.
Mar 28, 7:00 AM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.42	1 Ssw Big Black Mountai, KY	TWENTY FOUR HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL.
Mar 28, 7:00 AM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.65	Lilley Cornett Woods, KY	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL. STATION ELEVATION: 1200 FT.
Mar 28, 7:10 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Baxter, KY	OFFICIALS IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING ONE LANE OF US 119 DUE TO HIGH WATER.
Mar 28, 8:00 AM EDT	FLOOD	Harlan, KY	CREEK OVERFLOWING AND SURROUNDING HOMES AND CHURCH. TAKEN FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 28, 8:01 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Harlan, KY	HIGHWAY 72 NEAR CABALL ESTATES IN CATRONS CREEK IS IMPASSIBLE. TAKEN FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 28, 8:14 AM EDT	FLOOD	Harlan, KY	TAKEN FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. LANE IMPASSIBLE ON HWY 119.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 278 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

041 
WGUS53 KJKL 280900
FFWJKL
KYC013-051-095-121-131-133-193-281500-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0020.210328T0900Z-210328T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson KY
500 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Bell County in southeastern Kentucky...
  Southeastern Clay County in southeastern Kentucky...
  Harlan County in southeastern Kentucky...
  Northeastern Knox County in southeastern Kentucky...
  Southern Leslie County in southeastern Kentucky...
  Southwestern Letcher County in southeastern Kentucky...
  Southeastern Perry County in southeastern Kentucky...

* Until 1100 AM EDT.

* At 500 AM EDT, doppler radar indicated showers and thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 
  inches of rain have fallen across most of the warned area since 
  midnight and 2 to 3 inches has fallen in many locations during the 
  past 24 hours. Runoff from additional rainfall will likely lead to 
  flash flooding.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will likely experience flash flooding 
  include...Harlan, Cumberland, Loyall, Evarts, Lynch, Benham, 
  Wallins Creek, Napier, Rosspoint, Bledsoe, Chappell, Putney, Big 
  Laurel, Golden Ash, Baxter, Kitts, Clovertown, Coxton, Harlan Gas 
  and Ages.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is 
harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3707 8377 3709 8340 3710 8272 3708 8272
      3702 8275 3697 8287 3693 8286 3689 8288
      3685 8301 3685 8307 3677 8313 3677 8356
      3682 8380 3682 8381 3695 8363 3696 8369
      3703 8378 3702 8385 3704 8386

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-1.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS 

$$

JP

1 follow-up statement

647 
WGUS73 KJKL 281447
FFSJKL

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson KY
1047 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

KYC013-051-095-121-131-133-193-281457-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210328T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bell KY-Clay KY-Harlan KY-Knox KY-Leslie KY-Letcher KY-Perry KY-
1047 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BELL, SOUTHEASTERN CLAY, 
HARLAN, NORTHEASTERN KNOX, SOUTHERN LESLIE, SOUTHWESTERN LETCHER AND 
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING...

LAT...LON 3707 8377 3709 8340 3710 8272 3708 8272
      3702 8275 3697 8287 3693 8286 3689 8288
      3685 8301 3685 8307 3677 8313 3677 8356
      3682 8380 3682 8381 3695 8363 3696 8369
      3703 8378 3702 8385 3704 8386

$$

JP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 11:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	9 hr
Mar 28, 12:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Fleming	32 min
Mar 28, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Fleming	35 min
Mar 28, 1:09 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Whitley	5 days
Mar 28, 1:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Fleming	31 min
Mar 28, 1:48 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	6 min
Mar 28, 1:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	4 hr
Mar 28, 2:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	47 min
Mar 28, 2:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	20 hr
Mar 28, 2:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	4 hr
Mar 28, 3:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley	4 hr
Mar 28, 3:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Letcher, McCreary, Whitley	63 min
Mar 28, 3:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Laurel, Leslie, Letcher and 1 more	6 hr
Mar 28, 3:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	30 hr
Mar 28, 4:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Knox	4 hr
Mar 28, 4:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher	67 min
Mar 28, 5:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	11 hr
Mar 28, 5:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	28 hr
Mar 28, 6:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Bell	32 hr
Mar 28, 6:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Knox	62 hr
Mar 28, 6:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Knox, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	28 hr
Mar 28, 6:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley	27 hr
Mar 28, 7:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley	26 hr
Mar 28, 7:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Harlan	13 hr
Mar 28, 8:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry and 1 more	26 hr
Mar 28, 8:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike	5 hr
Mar 28, 9:39 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	29 hr
Mar 28, 9:44 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Letcher	49 min
Mar 28, 10:18 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan	6 hr
Mar 28, 10:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Letcher	6 hr
Mar 28, 10:43 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Perry	25 hr
Mar 28, 10:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Lee	46 hr
Mar 28, 10:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	66 hr
Mar 28, 10:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 1 more	23 hr
Mar 28, 2:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Perry	5 hr
Mar 28, 3:04 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	15 hr
Mar 28, 3:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Owsley	30 hr
Mar 28, 5:19 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd	63 hr
Mar 28, 5:25 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Johnson	30 hr
Mar 28, 7:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Leslie, Perry	8 days
Mar 28, 7:15 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt	40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.