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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2026, 7:53 AM EDT for McCreary 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
- Jun 28, 2026, 7:53 AM EDT (11:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties McCreary County, KY, Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 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 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1964 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
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 Jun 28, 7:50 AM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 7:50 AM EDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 3:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 355 AM EDT Sun Jun 28 2026 KYZ044-050>052-059-060-104-106-290800- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Powell-Menifee-Elliott-Morgan- 355 AM EDT Sun Jun 28 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms are possible today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. There is a small chance for thunderstorms in various locations Monday through Saturday, mainly during afternoon and evening hours. Maximum afternoon heat indices are expected to top 100 degrees in most locations from Monday through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. KYZ107>110-112-113-119-120-290800- Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin-Floyd-Breathitt-Knott-Martin-Pike- 355 AM EDT Sun Jun 28 2026 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms are possible today with a potential for heavy rain and localized flash flooding through 8 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. There is a small chance for thunderstorms in various locations Monday through Saturday, mainly during afternoon and evening hours. Maximum afternoon heat indices are expected to top 100 degrees in most locations from Monday through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to pass along any reports of flooding from Saturday and early this morning. KYZ058-068-069-079-080-083>088-111-114>118-290800- Estill-Rockcastle-Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-McCreary-Whitley-Knox- Bell-Harlan-Lee-Owsley-Perry-Clay-Leslie-Letcher- 355 AM EDT Sun Jun 28 2026 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON EDT TODAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms are expected today with a potential for heavy rain and localized flash flooding during the morning hours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. There is a small chance for thunderstorms in various locations Monday through Saturday, mainly during afternoon and evening hours. Maximum afternoon heat indices are expected to top 100 degrees in most locations from Monday through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to pass on any reports of flooding from Saturday and this morning. GREIF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 1:00 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 4:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 8 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 72 min |
| Jun 28, 12:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:11 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 7 more | 21 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.