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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2022, 1:58 PM EDT for Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2022, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 31, 12:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 12:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 4:10 AM EDT, 9 hours 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 410 AM EDT Sun Jul 31 2022 KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-106>120-011115- Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle-Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne- McCreary-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan-Morgan-Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin- Floyd-Lee-Breathitt-Knott-Owsley-Perry-Clay-Leslie-Letcher-Martin- Pike- Including the cities of Irvine, Ravenna, Clay City, Stanton, Frenchburg, Brodhead, Mount Vernon, McKee, Annville, Burnside, Somerset, London, Monticello, Stearns, Whitley City, Corbin, Williamsburg, Barbourville, Middlesboro, Pineville, Cumberland, Harlan, West Liberty, Paintsville, Campton, Salyersville, Prestonsburg, Wheelwright, Beattyville, Jackson, Hindman, Pippa Passes, Booneville, Hazard, Manchester, Hyden, Jenkins, Whitesburg, Inez, Coal Run, Elkhorn City, Pikeville, and South Williamson 410 AM EDT Sun Jul 31 2022 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are expected today and tonight. Flash flooding will be possible, especially at locations that see repeated rounds of storms. The main stem of the Kentucky River will continue to run high through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms are expected on Monday. Flash flooding will be possible, especially at locations that see repeated rounds of storms. Thunderstorms are also possible on Tuesday, as well as at times from Thursday through Saturday. Additionally, heat indices will peak between 95 and 100 degrees Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any occurrences of flooding through Monday. KYZ044-050>052-104-011115- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Elliott- Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, Mount Sterling, Owingsville, Morehead, and Sandy Hook 410 AM EDT Sun Jul 31 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are expected today and tonight. Localized flash flooding will be possible for places that see repeated rounds of storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms are expected on Monday. Flash flooding will be possible, especially at locations that see repeated rounds of storms. Thunderstorms are also possible on Tuesday, as well as at times from Thursday through Saturday. Additionally, heat indices will peak between 95 and 100 degrees Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any occurrences of flooding through Monday. GREIF/BATZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 6:17 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 15 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher, McCreary and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Pike | 111 min |
| Jul 31, 2:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 117 min |
| Jul 31, 4:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 115 min |
| Jul 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Whitley | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 5 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 5 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:43 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.