Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 6:45 PM EST (23:45 UTC)

Expired

Mar 2, 1997, 1:00 AM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KJKL 012346
FFWJKL
KYC011-063-065-069-165-173-175-197-205-020600-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
645 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EASTERN KENTUCKY

   ...BATH
   ...ELLIOTT
   ...ESTILL
   ...FLEMING
   ...MENIFEE
   ...MONTGOMERY
   ...MORGAN
   ...POWELL
   ...ROWAN


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN IMMINENT. ACROSS
SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA THE RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF
TEMPORARILY...BUT MUCH MORE RAIN IS AHEAD FOR TONIGHT.

REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. MOST STREAMS
AND CREEKS ARE AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS. WATER COVERS MANY COUNTY
ROADS AND ROCK AND MUDSLIDES HAVE OCCURRED IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.

THIS REPLACES THE WARNING SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT 655 PM EST.
 
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.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.


SES/DSI

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 1, 2:16 PM EST, 4 hours 29 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

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