Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Jun 16, 1997, 11:59 PM EDT (03:59 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 1997, 4:00 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Estill County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KJKL 170401 RRA
FFWJKL
KYC065-170800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1159 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...ESTILL
 
THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ESTILL COUNTY HAS BEEN
UPGRADED TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 400 AM.

THE WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED A REPORT THAT A TRAILER WAS PICKED UP
BY FLOOD WATERS AND SEVERAL TREES HAVE BEEN DOWNED BY MUDSLIDES IN THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.  ESTILL COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE EVACUATING 90
PERCENT OF THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY. MOST OF THE ROADS ARE
REPORTED (BY COUNTY OFFICIALS) TO BE IMPASSABLE.

AT MIDNIGHT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAIN WAS FALLING ONLY IN EXTREME
SOUTHERN ESTILL COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
RUNOFF FOR SEVERAL HOURS...KEEPING HIGHWAYS BLOCKED AND CREEKS AND
SMALL STREAMS FULL OR OVERFLOWING.
 
NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROAD.  THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY
BE ENOUGH TO FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE.

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.

&

INGRAM

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 16, 2:33 PM EDT, 9 hours 26 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
230 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1997

SO FAR CONVECTION ACROSS ERN KY REMAINS UNDER CONTROL. EVEN SO...ADAP
DEPICTS LI/S IN THE -4 TO -5C RANGE SO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
SHRA/TSRA HEADING INTO THE CWA. SHRT WV AND ASSOC +VVELS WILL KEEP
SHRA/TSRA LIKELY THRU MUCH OF THIS EVENING. DON/T SEE MUCH FORCG FOR
PRECIP AFTER MIDNITE WITH LACK OF HEATING AND S/W EXODUS.

SHORTWAVE OVER ERN NM WILL EJECT INTO THE PLAINS TUESDAY. PREFERRED
THE ETA/AVN SOLN KEEPING THIS FTR STRONGER AND MORE INTACT. 850-700MB
FLOW TURNS MORE WESTERLY TUE AM BEFORE FLOW AGAIN BACKS WITH THE
APPROACH OF THE S/W. EXPECT ENUF DRYING TO PROBABLY CALL IT PARTLY
SUNNY WITH PM SHRA/TSRA CHCS.

UVM INCREASES TUE NITE AND FRONTAL SYS EASES INTO THE STATE. ANOTHER
SHRT WAVE OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROF RIDES INTO THE AREA TWD 00Z WED.
WITH INCRG PVA...XPCT ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUE
NITE. LIKELY POPS ACCEPTED.

TROF AXIS MOVES ACRS ON WED ALONG WITH THE COLD FRONT. MORE SHRA/TSRA
LIKELY. MAYBE...JUST MAYBE THIS PATTERN WILL BREAK BY FRI PER MEDIUM
RANGE GUID.

FWC TEMPS CONTINUE TO SCORE WELL. DIDN/T DEVIATE MUCH.

SDF...SAW WRKZFP...LOOKS GOOD. THANKS.

JKL  63/81/65/81 7476
LOZ  64/83/66/82 6476

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.