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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2022, 6:11 AM EDT for Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 5 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
- Aug 6, 2022, 6:11 AM EDT (10:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2022, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 399 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
- 1189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1314 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 6, 3:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 2:57 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 257 AM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-071000- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle- Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-McCreary-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan- Elliott-Morgan-Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin-Floyd-Lee-Breathitt-Knott- Owsley-Perry-Clay-Leslie-Letcher-Martin-Pike- Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, Mount Sterling, Owingsville, Morehead, 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, Sandy Hook, 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 257 AM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected today through early tonight, and could bring locally heavy rainfall. This may result in flash flooding, especially if multiple storms pass over the same area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There will be a persistent threat of thunderstorms at times through Thursday. Thunderstorms will be slow moving and could bring locally heavy rainfall, leading to problems with high water. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any occurrences of flooding. CMF/BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 118 min |
| Aug 6, 5:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 116 min |
| Aug 6, 6:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski | 119 min |
| Aug 6, 7:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 8 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee | 6 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Knott, Letcher | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Letcher | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:38 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 19 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Powell | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Menifee, Powell, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 1:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 2:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 4:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Leslie | 112 min |
| Aug 6, 4:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Morgan, Rowan | 117 min |
| Aug 6, 6:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Morgan | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 113 min |
| Aug 6, 7:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Montgomery, Powell | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:48 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 51 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.