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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2026, 5:43 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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
- May 24, 2026, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2026, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Harlan County, KY, Knott County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Perry County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Whitley | 32 min |
| May 24, 1:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 54 min |
| May 24, 1:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 24, 2:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 24, 12:55 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 13 hr |
| May 24, 3:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Fleming | 3 hr |
| May 24, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Menifee | 30 min |
| May 24, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rowan | 24 min |
| May 24, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Martin | 28 min |
| May 24, 4:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Owsley and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 24, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Martin, Pike | 33 min |
| May 24, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 39 min |
| May 24, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 25 min |
| May 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 37 min |
| May 24, 6:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike | 3 hr |
| May 24, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.