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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2021, 4:51 PM EDT for Clay County, Laurel County, Owsley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 9, 2021, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clay County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Owsley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ssw Malcomb, KY | THE CLAY COUNTY 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED A BRIEF ROAD CLOSURE, BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM, ON KY-472 ALONG BRAY CREEK DUE TO WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD. |
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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
588
WGUS53 KJKL 092051
FFWJKL
KYC051-125-189-100000-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0024.210609T2051Z-210610T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson KY
451 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central Laurel County in south central Kentucky...
Northwestern Clay County in southeastern Kentucky...
Central Owsley County in southeastern Kentucky...
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 451 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
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 experience flash flooding include...
Burning Springs, Malcomb, Grace, Sidell, Sacker Gap, Fall Rock,
Treadway, Shepherdtown, Fogertown, Chestnutburg, Urban, Byron,
Benge, Bernice, Laurel Creek, Sextons Creek, Mill Pond, Sourwood,
Portersburg and Crawford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3708 8397 3718 8408 3726 8394 3725 8390
3729 8388 3733 8382 3734 8378 3736 8380
3740 8374 3728 8360
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
GEERTSON2 follow-up statements
572
WGUS73 KJKL 092229
FFSJKL
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson KY
629 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
KYC051-125-189-100000-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210610T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clay KY-Laurel KY-Owsley KY-
629 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAUREL, NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND CENTRAL OWSLEY
COUNTIES...
At 629 PM EDT, the emergency dispatch office in Clay County reported
that that KY 472 had been temporarily closed due to water flowing
over the road.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Burning Springs, Malcomb, Grace, Sidell, Sacker Gap, Fall Rock,
Treadway, Shepherdtown, Fogertown, Chestnutburg, Urban, Byron,
Benge, Bernice, Laurel Creek, Sextons Creek, Mill Pond, Sourwood,
Portersburg and Crawford.
Another brief round of rainfall will likely result in continued high
stream levels and isolated flash flooding in the warned area through
8 PM. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible during
the next hour and a half.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3708 8397 3718 8408 3726 8394 3725 8390
3729 8388 3733 8382 3734 8378 3736 8380
3740 8374 3728 8360
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
$$
GEERTSON252
WGUS73 KJKL 092355
FFSJKL
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson KY
755 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
KYC051-125-189-100005-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210610T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clay KY-Laurel KY-Owsley KY-
755 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR EAST
CENTRAL LAUREL, NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND CENTRAL OWSLEY COUNTIES...
Flood waters are receding. Flash flooding is no longer expected to
pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3708 8397 3718 8408 3726 8394 3725 8390
3729 8388 3733 8382 3734 8378 3736 8380
3740 8374 3728 8360
$$
GEERTSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 9:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pike | 93 min |
| Jun 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Laurel, Owsley | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan and 1 more | 2 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.