Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2021, 3:06 PM EDT for Clay County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 11, 2021, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2021, 5:28 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Clay County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
654
WGUS53 KJKL 111906
FFWJKL
KYC051-112215-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0032.210611T1906Z-210611T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson KY
306 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Clay County in southeastern Kentucky...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 306 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 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...
Manchester, Tanksley, Wild Cat, Hensley, Mill Pond, Barcreek,
Ammie, Seth, Bernice, Spurlock, Laurel Creek, Hector, Littleton,
Treadway, Fall Rock, Enline, Sidell and Jacks Creek.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3721 8381 3729 8376 3722 8352 3722 8353
3714 8364 3715 8384
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
GREIF1 follow-up statement
034
WGUS73 KJKL 112128
FFSJKL
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson KY
528 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021
KYC051-112138-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210611T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clay KY-
528 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY...
Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 200 AM EDT Saturday for
portions of east central Kentucky...northeast Kentucky...south
central Kentucky and southeast Kentucky.
LAT...LON 3721 8381 3729 8376 3722 8352 3722 8353
3714 8364 3715 8384
$$
GREIFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 10:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Owsley | 119 min |
| Jun 10, 10:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Laurel, Rockcastle | 20 min |
| Jun 11, 12:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel, Rockcastle | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 8 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 23 more | 18 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Lee | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell, Wolfe | 114 min |
| Jun 11, 7:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Menifee | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Owsley | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Whitley | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 1:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Lee | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Magoffin | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Owsley | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Laurel, Leslie | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Lee, Powell | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Laurel | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Menifee | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 3:57 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 13 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 4:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox, Laurel | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Montgomery, Powell | 118 min |
| Jun 11, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Laurel, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 107 min |
| Jun 11, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 105 min |
| Jun 11, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rockcastle | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 6:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Laurel | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rockcastle | 23 min |
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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.