Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Mar 18, 1997, 1:32 PM EST (18:32 UTC)

Expired

Mar 18, 1997, 5:30 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KJKL 181834 RRA
FFWJKL
KYC011-065-069-165-173-197-205-182230-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
132 PM EST TUE MAR 18 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

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

IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...FLEMING
   ...ROWAN
 
AT 130 PM EST RADAR AND SURFACE DATA SHOWED ANOTHER BAND OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THIS BAND OF
RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE LICKING RIVER AREA AFTER 230 PM EST.

BETWEEN 230 AND 430 PM RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH ARE EXPECTED.
THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER TRIBUTARIES OF THE LICKING RIVER.

EARLIER THIS MORNING HEAVY RAIN SATURATED THE GROUND AND CAUSED PONDING
OF WATER IN THE ROADWAYS. SEVERAL STREAMS AND CREEKS HAVE STARTED TO
RESPOND TO THE EARLIER RAIN AND WILL NOT HAVE TIME TO RECOVER BEFORE
THE NEXT ROUND OF RAIN BEGINS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. SHALLOW...SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER
CAN WASH A CAR FROM A ROADWAY.  ALSO...THE ROADBED MAY NOT BE
INTACT UNDER THE WATER.

LEWIS

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 18, 10:23 AM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1020 AM EST TUE MAR 18 1997

LATEST AND GREATEST IS THAT THE SURFACE BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO SLOWLY
SAG SOUTH. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A GOOD BAROCLINIC CONVERGENCE AREA
OVER NRN KY (MESO ANALYSIS-ADAP.) AS THIS SAGS SOUTH THE PRECIP SHIELD
SEEMS TO EXPAND. THE LATEST HOURLY PRECIP SHOWS THE HEAVIEST PCPN
STILL NARROW...WHILE THE 1/2 INCH AMOUNTS AREA IS EXPANDING. THIS HAS
SIGNIFICANT RAMIFICATIONS OVER THE HSA AND FEEL THAT FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IS WARRANTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE OTHER CONCERN IS THE UPSTREAM JET CORE. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO
GET THE CONVECTION FIRING SOUTH OF THE STATE. THEN THE SYSTEM WILL
RIDE ALONG THE BAROCLINIC BOUNDARY WITH SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER MUCH
OF EASTERN KENTUCKY LATER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.

OTHER THAN THE FF WATCH...THE GOING FORECAST IS ON TRACK AND NO OTHER
CHANGES NEEDED.

THANKS FOR THE COORD CALL LMK AND HELP FROM LOCAL STAFF.

JKL 57/40/49  ++4
LOZ 59/41/49  ++4

LEWIS

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.