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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Jackson, KY

July 18, 2025Bath County, Montgomery County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2025, 5:01 PM EDT for Bath County, Montgomery County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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 18, 2025, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2025, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bath County, KY, Montgomery County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2025-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2025-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 8:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMcCreary, Whitley5 hr
Jul 17, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnox, McCreary, Whitley44 min
Jul 17, 8:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley5 hr
Jul 17, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell59 min
Jul 17, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Leslie52 min
Jul 17, 9:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley, Perry3 hr
Jul 17, 9:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Knox, Whitley4 hr
Jul 17, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLeslie, Letcher, Perry52 min
Jul 17, 10:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWhitley43 min
Jul 17, 10:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLLeslie, Letcher, Perry3 hr
Jul 17, 10:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLHarlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry3 hr
Jul 17, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWayne52 min
Jul 18, 6:30 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLPulaski, Rockcastle3 hr
Jul 18, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson24 min
Jul 18, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLOwsley34 min
Jul 18, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLOwsley36 min
Jul 18, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson46 min
Jul 18, 2:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLJackson, Rockcastle77 min
Jul 18, 2:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Jackson, Owsley, Perry71 min
Jul 18, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLOwsley27 min
Jul 18, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLRockcastle37 min
Jul 18, 2:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLRockcastle3 hr
Jul 18, 2:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Owsley, Perry3 hr
Jul 18, 2:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLMcCreary3 hr
Jul 18, 2:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLKnox, Laurel, Whitley4 hr
Jul 18, 2:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel, Rockcastle3 hr
Jul 18, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay37 min
Jul 18, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson29 min
Jul 18, 3:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley, Perry3 hr
Jul 18, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLetcher24 min
Jul 18, 4:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Whitley3 hr
Jul 18, 4:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLHarlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry3 hr
Jul 18, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLetcher39 min
Jul 18, 4:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Montgomery58 min
Jul 18, 6:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMenifee, Montgomery, Powell3 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.