Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Nov 30, 1996, 11:57 PM EST (04:57 UTC)

Expired

Dec 1, 1996, 8:00 AM EST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KJKL 010458
FFWJKL
KYC013-051-071-095-119-121-125-131-133-147-193-195-235-011300-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1157 PM EST SAT NOV 30 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EST (700 AM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...BELL
   ...CLAY
   ...FLOYD
   ...HARLAN
   ...KNOTT
   ...KNOX
   ...LESLIE
   ...LETCHER
   ...PERRY
   ...PIKE

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...LAUREL
   ...MCCREARY
   ...WHITLEY
 
A VERY SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA WITH
RAINFALLL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS. MORE HEAVY
RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY PRODUCING
ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. MANY
REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED...AND ANOTHER INCH OR
TWO OR RAIN COULD FALL THROUGH MID-MORNING.
 
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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.

SES/CEG/SMG/DFM

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 30, 9:22 PM EST, 2 hours 35 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.