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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Jackson, KY

July 7, 2026Jackson County, Laurel County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2026, 6:26 PM EDT for Jackson County, Laurel County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 109 min. 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 7, 2026, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2026, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
109 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Jackson County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 2026-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 2026-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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, 8:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLLaurel2 hr
Jul 7, 5:20 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryJKLBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 23 more4 hr
Jul 7, 2:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLMontgomery3 hr
Jul 7, 3:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLPulaski3 hr
Jul 7, 4:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley3 hr
Jul 7, 4:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, Whitley112 min
Jul 7, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLOwsley20 min
Jul 7, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson16 min
Jul 7, 5:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle4 hr
Jul 7, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLRockcastle23 min
Jul 7, 5:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Owsley2 hr
Jul 7, 6:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLJackson, Laurel, Rockcastle3 hr
Jul 7, 6:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Rockcastle2 hr
Jul 7, 6:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLLaurel, Pulaski75 min
Jul 7, 6:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLKnott, Letcher, Perry3 hr
Jul 7, 7:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPulaski, Rockcastle116 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.