Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Nov 30, 1996, 8:04 PM EST (01:04 UTC)

Expired

Nov 30, 1996, 11:55 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

County McCreary County, KY

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KJKL 010105
FFWJKL
KYC013-095-121-147-235-010455-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
804 PM EST SAT NOV 30 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1155 PM EST (1055 PM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...BELL
   ...HARLAN
   ...KNOX

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...MCCREARY
   ...WHITLEY
 
FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA TONIGHT. AT 740 PM...
MIDDLESBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED IN THE
TOWN DUE TO RISING WATER. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN WHITLEY COUNTY
REPORTED WATER A FOOT DEEP ON HIGHWAY 92E ALONG POPLAR CREEK IN WHITLEY
COUNTY. IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS ROCK AND MUD SLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED
ON ROADS IN THE WARNED AREA.

RADAR IS ESTIMATING BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER
SOUTHERN WHITLEY AND MCCREARY COUNTIES SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN LAST NIGHT.

HEAVIER RAINS WILL BE SLACKENING UP A BIT OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...BUT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS MORE RAIN IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
THIS RAIN COULD ALSO BE OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...AND ANY RAIN FALLING ON THE
SATURATED GROUND WILL ONLY FURTHER WORSEN THE SITUATION.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

RAB


NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 30, 2:33 PM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
231 PM EST SAT NOV 30 1996

MOISTURE CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE OH/TN VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS HAVE BEEN CLIMIBING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY AS
THE LOW LEVEL THETA-E AXIS SHIFTS SLOWLY TO THE EAST. HEAVIEST RAINS
CONTINUE TO FALL OVER BELL AND HARLAN COUNTIES...WHERE REPORTS OF HIGH
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ALONG WITH RAINFALL APPROACHING FLASH FLOOD
GUIDANCE...HAVE FORCED US TO ISSUE A SMALL STREAM ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM.

GOOD COORD W/LMK AND AGREE WITH FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT.
ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING KEEPING RAINS
GOING. STILL BELIEVE THAT THERE COULD BE A BRIEF LULL AROUND 12Z
SUNDAY AS THE ISENTROPIC LIFT SHIFTS NORTH BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
COLD FRONTAL ACTION DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. EVE/MID SHIFTS WILL HAVE TO
WATCH PRECIPITATION TRENDS TO OUR SOUTHWEST CAREFULLY.

MODELS ARE IN GREAT AGREEMENT...ESPECIALLY THE ETA AND NGM. BOTH SHOW
FROPA IN WESTERN COUNTIES AROUND 15Z...RAPIDLY PROGRESSING EAST TO
PIKE COUNTY BY 18Z. MODELS SHOW A SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY AXIS WITH
THIS FRONT. WHILE THE MOST INSTABILITY WILL BE DOWN OVER THE GULF
STATES...THERE MAY BE ENOUGH HELICITY TO MAKE UP FOR THAT OVER
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. EXPECT AT LEAST A DECENT NARROW LINE OF +SHRA WITH
EMBEDDED TS.

DRY SLOT BEHIND FRONT COULD MAKE THINGS INTERESTING AS WELL. BOTH ETA
AND NGM SHOWING SECONDARY VORTICITY LOBE PUSHING IN DURING THE
AFTERNOON BEHIND THE DRY SLOT WHICH SHOULD GENERATE A FEW MORE SHOWERS
AT IT/S LEADING EDGE. WOULD NOT BE SUPRISED TO SEE MORE TS DEVELOP IN
THE UNSTABLE AIR BEHIND IT AS MID-LEVEL DRYING STEEPENS LAPSE RATES.

     TEMPS          POPS@
JKL  52/58/31/51    +900

RAB

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