Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 3:07 PM EST (20:07 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 6:55 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bath County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KJKL 012008
FFWJKL
KYC011-063-065-069-165-173-175-197-205-012355-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
307 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 655 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...BATH
   ...ESTILL
   ...MENIFEE
   ...MONTGOMERY
   ...POWELL

IN EAST KENTUCKY

   ...ELLIOTT

IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...FLEMING
   ...ROWAN

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...MORGAN
 
RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOOD PROBLEMS ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER LINE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL INITIATE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. THIS LATEST LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEPOSIT ANOTHER 1-3 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 3 AND 5
PM. CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL ONCE AGAIN APPROACH AND EXCEED BANKFUL IN
THE WARNED AREA.

THIS IS A NEW WARNING FOR ESTILL COUNTY AND A CO^NTINUATION OF THE
PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE OTHER COUNTIES.
 
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD
WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
RISING.

GREIF

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 1, 2:16 PM EST, 51 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
220 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997

LITTLE TIME SPENT DELVING INTO THE MODELS THIS PACKAGE. STILL PLENTY
OF FLASH FLOOD CONCERNS COMBINED WITH OUR FIRST DAY OF HSA
RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS.

MODELS COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON MOVEMENT OF SRN STREAM
SHORTWAVE...HOWEVER NGM SEEMS OUT TO LUNCH ON PRECIP TOTALS. BELIEVE
HEAVIER ETA QPF TO BE BELIEVED AS SHRA/TSRA ADVANCING EWD ACRS CENTRAL
KY. AREAS FROM JKL ON SOUTH HAVE HAD LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAIN
TODAY...THIS WILL CHANGE AS COLD FRONT HEADS E TONIGHT AND BETTER UVM
BEGINS AFFECTING THE FAR SE. FFA FOR ENTIRE AREA STILL APPEARS
REASONABLE. SVR WX ALSO A POSSIBILITY THIS EVENING AS FAVORABLE WIND
PROFILES PER FCST SOUNDINGS COMBINE WITH LIFT AND INSTAB. BOW ECHO
FEATURES THE PRIMARY CONCERN.

FRONT EXITS STAGE RIGHT BY SUNDAY AFTN...HOWEVER POST FRONTAL RAINFALL
CONTINUES THROUGH THE EVENING AS S/W PASSES TO OUR SOUTH. CATEGORICAL
POPS LOOK REASONABLE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHANCE POPS SUNDAY EVENING
OTRW MOSTLY CLDY/COOLER.

MONDAY SHOULD BE PARTLY SUNNY AS MODEL MN RH DECREASES AND WK SFC HI
PRES NOSES IN.

WENT ABOVE GUIDANCE TONIGHT...TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE 60S UNTIL
FROPA. ON SUNDAY CAA BEHIND FRONT COMBINED WITH LINGERING PRECIP WILL
CAUSE TEMPS TO FALL BACK INTO THE 50S. MOS TEMPS GENERALLY ACCEPTED
SUN NITE...I.E. 35-40. LOW-MID 50S LOOK GOOD ON MON.

JKL 62/62/36/54 ++30
LOZ 62/62/36/56 ++30

SES

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.