Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Mar 3, 1997, 10:59 AM EST (15:59 UTC)

Expired

Mar 3, 1997, 3:05 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clay County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Perry County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 031600
FFWJKL
KYC051-121-125-131-193-032005-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1059 AM EST MON MAR 3 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 305 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...CLAY
   ...KNOX
   ...LESLIE
   ...PERRY

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...LAUREL
 
OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING.
REPORTS FROM AROUND THE AREA INDICATE THAT STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE
RISING RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS. ALSO REPORTS OF ROCK AND
MUDSLIDES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE THE
FLOODING SITUATION.
 
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.

zPERRY

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 3, 10:26 AM EST, 33 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1025 AM EST MON MAR 3 1997

WARM SECTOR NOSING INTO PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST KY WHERE MIDDLESBORO
HAS BROKEN OUT AND SHOT INTO THE LOW 60S AT 10 AM. KEEPING A CLOSE EYE
ON THE STORMS NORTH OF SOMERSET FOR SIGNS OF DEVELOPMENT. RADAR IS
INTERMITTENTLY INDICATING HAIL WITH THESE STORMS...BUT REFLECTIVITY
PATTERNS SHOWING NO ORGANIZATION AT THIS TIME.

OTHERWISE OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON THE FLOOD THREAT. SMALL STREAM/FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF OUR COUNTIES. WHILE RAINS HAVE
DIMINISHED FOR THE MOST PART...STILL PLENTY OF RUNOFF WITH NUMEROUS
ROADS CLOSED AND RISING CREEKS/STREAMS/RIVERS.

SINCE THE STEADIER RAINS HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST RECOMMEND THAT WE ALTER
THE WORDING A LITTLE TO REFLECT MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON DIMINISHING OR ENDING. HOWEVER WOULD LIKE TO
CONTINUE WITH FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL THUNDERSTORM THREAT IS OVER AS
LOW MOVES NORTHEAST.

TEMPERATURES WILL PROBABLY BE HARD PRESSED TO REACH FORECASTED HIGHS
AS FLOW BECOMES NORTHERLY WITH GOOD COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE LOW.
WOULD PREFER UPPER 30S FOR NORTHERN COUNTIES...RANGING TO UPPER 60S AT
MIDDLESBORO WHICH WILL  SEE FALLING TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON.

JKL  42/40/63
LOZ  52/41/64

RAB

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.