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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Jackson, KY

July 6, 2026Floyd County, Knott County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2026, 6:29 PM EDT for Floyd County, Knott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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 6, 2026, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2026, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Floyd County, KY, Knott County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 2026-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 534 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 2026-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 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 6, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell18 min
Jul 6, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Fleming, Rowan118 min
Jul 6, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPerry26 min
Jul 6, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott36 min
Jul 6, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLetcher33 min
Jul 6, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt35 min
Jul 6, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFloyd26 min
Jul 6, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Magoffin37 min
Jul 6, 5:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Pike3 hr
Jul 6, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt33 min
Jul 6, 6:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Knott4 hr
Jul 6, 6:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Knott, Perry3 hr
Jul 6, 6:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin2 hr
Jul 6, 7:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike119 min
Jul 6, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLaurel36 min

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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.