Flash Flood Warning 13, 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 Estill County, KY, Powell County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 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

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.