Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Nov 30, 1996, 9:45 PM EST (02:45 UTC)

Expired

Dec 1, 1996, 12:20 AM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Leslie County, KY, Perry County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KJKL 010247
FFWJKL
KYC131-133-193-010520-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1220 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...LESLIE
   ...LETCHER
   ...SOUTHERN PERRY
 
HEAVY RAINS DURING THE LAST 12 HOURS HAS DUMPED ONE TO TWO INCHES
ACROSS THE AREA RESULTING IN FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND LOW-LYING
AREAS. IN LESLIE COUNTY...KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 JUST EAST OF HYDEN WAS
UNDER WATER. WATER ALSO COVERED THE ROAD NEAR SAWHOLE ON HIGHWAY 699.
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG HURRICANE AND CUTSHIN CREEKS THROUGH THE
EVENING. IN LETCHER COUNTY...WATER ALSO COVERED HIGHWAY 15 NORTH OF
WHITESBURG.
 
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.


SES/CEG

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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 30, 9:22 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.

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

DEALING WITH FLOODING ALL EVENING SO NOT MUCH TIME TO LOOK BEYOND THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR MCREARY TO HARLAN COUNTY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. 2-4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THERE SINCE EARLY THIS
MORNING. WE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF FLOODING FROM WHITLEY...BELL...
AND HARLAN COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE...ADVISORIES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR MOST
OF THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF JACKSON.

THE WORST OF THE RAIN IS IN THE PROCESS IF MOVING OUT OF OUR CWA. IT
LOOKS LIKE A LULL FOR 3-5 HOURS BEFORE THE SYNOPTIC RAINS HIT AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS ALONG WITH
ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONCERNS. THIS EVENING/S FLOOD PROBLEMS WILL
LINGER AS THE WATER WORKS OFF THE HILLS AND DOWNSTREAM. RIVER FLOODING
MAY BECOME A PROBLEM LATER TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY.

     TEMPS          POPS
JKL  54/56/31/51    +900
LOZ  52/54/30/53    +900

GREIF

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.