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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Jackson, KY

July 10, 2021Pulaski County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2021, 6:24 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 95 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: Jul 10, 2021, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2021, 7:59 PM EDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Pulaski County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 1536 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

385 
WGUS53 KJKL 102224
FFWJKL
KYC199-110100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0044.210710T2224Z-210711T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson KY
624 PM EDT Sat Jul 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  South Central Pulaski County in south central Kentucky...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 624 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 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...
  Burnside, Tateville, General Burnside S.P. and Bronston.

Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 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.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. 
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. 
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate 
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 3702 8465 3696 8463 3693 8448 3699 8445
      3704 8443 3703 8465

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

GREIF

1 follow-up statement

193 
WGUS73 KJKL 102359
FFSJKL

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson KY
759 PM EDT Sat Jul 10 2021

KYC199-110009-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210711T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pulaski KY-
759 PM EDT Sat Jul 10 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PULASKI 
COUNTY...

The Flash Flood Warning has been cancelled. The heavy rain has 
ended, and flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat.

LAT...LON 3702 8465 3696 8463 3693 8448 3699 8445
      3704 8443 3703 8465

$$

HAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 12:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott	34 min
Jul 10, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Whitley	47 min
Jul 10, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	45 min
Jul 10, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Leslie	41 min
Jul 10, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson	39 min
Jul 10, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Pike	38 min
Jul 10, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Martin, Pike	52 min
Jul 10, 3:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	3 hr
Jul 10, 3:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin	2 hr
Jul 10, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel	60 min
Jul 10, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	28 min
Jul 10, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill, Lee, Powell	42 min
Jul 10, 3:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	3 hr
Jul 10, 3:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	2 hr
Jul 10, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Morgan	49 min
Jul 10, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin, Wolfe	47 min
Jul 10, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	31 min
Jul 10, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Magoffin, Morgan	42 min
Jul 10, 4:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Lee	27 min
Jul 10, 4:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Wolfe	2 hr
Jul 10, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	36 min
Jul 10, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel	49 min
Jul 10, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel	43 min
Jul 10, 6:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski	105 min
Jul 10, 6:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	52 min
Jul 10, 6:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary	115 min
Jul 10, 6:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	McCreary	103 min
Jul 10, 6:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	102 min
Jul 10, 7:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	3 hr
Jul 10, 7:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.