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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2021, 5:03 PM EDT for Elliott County, Johnson County, Morgan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2021, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Elliott County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Morgan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
463
WGUS53 KJKL 102103
FFWJKL
KYC063-115-175-110000-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0025.210610T2103Z-210611T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson KY
503 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Elliott County in east central Kentucky...
Northwestern Johnson County in northeastern Kentucky...
East Central Morgan County in southeastern Kentucky...
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 503 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a thunderstorm producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have already fallen in the last hour. 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...
Relief, Gillem Branch, Moon, Keaton, Redbush, Crockett, Barnrock,
Jeptha, Elkfork, Flatgap and Winifred.
Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned
area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
&&
LAT...LON 3802 8316 3806 8297 3804 8296 3804 8298
3801 8302 3800 8302 3797 8302 3796 8299
3799 8297 3800 8295 3797 8283 3794 8278
3793 8297 3794 8314
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
GEERTSON1 follow-up statement
828
WGUS73 KJKL 102300
FFSJKL
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson KY
700 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
KYC063-115-175-102310-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210611T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Elliott KY-Johnson KY-Morgan KY-
700 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIOTT,
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON AND EAST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended and flash flooding is no longer expected to
pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3802 8316 3806 8297 3804 8296 3804 8298
3801 8302 3800 8302 3797 8302 3796 8299
3799 8297 3800 8295 3797 8283 3794 8278
3793 8297 3794 8314
$$
GEERTSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 10:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Menifee, Powell | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 2:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Menifee | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Menifee, Morgan | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 4:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Menifee, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 93 min |
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.