Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Jun 29, 1998, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 1998, 10:15 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
815 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
  SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.

* AT 800 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR HARGIS OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* A VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM HAS DROPPED OVER TWO INCHES OF
  RAINFALL IN THIS ARE OVER THE PAST HOUR ACCORDING TO WEATHER
  SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR. THIS  WILL LEAD TO CREEKS AND STREAMS
  OVERFLOWING IN THIS PART OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY.

DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES.

.END/GREIF

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 29, 3:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
300 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

OVERALL PATTERN TO UNDERGO TRANSITION TO TROF IN ERN PART OF US.

PROBLEM OF THE DAY IS THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN. SHORT WAVE MOVING
THROUGH OH VALLEY IN CONCERT WITH NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES HAS
RESULTED IN EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN. OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN
REPORTED SINCE THIS MORNING IN MENIFEE COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP IN NORTH CENTRAL KY AND MOVE SE INTO AREAS CURRENTLY UNDER
FFWS.

SHOULD SEE GRADUAL DECREASE IN THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IN E KY.
FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPEMENT SHIFTS TO IL MO AND IN TONIGHT
WHERE BEST UPPER DIVERGENCE AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL COMBINE.
LOOK FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TO OUR NW TONIGHT TO MOVE INTO ERN
KY AGAIN TOWARDS DAWN. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL FRONT FINALLY MOVES SOUTH OF KY TUESDAY EVENING.

CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NRN HALF OF CWA LOOKS GOOD. MAY END UP
NEEDING FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SRN PART OF CWA ON TUESDAY...BUT CAN
HOLD OFF ON THAT FOR NOW.

THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE IS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY. OFFICIAL
FORECASTS CAN BE FOUND IN THE SDFZFPKY PRODUCT.

JKL 70/8
2/63/80 7730
LOZ 71/84/66/83 5730

SBH

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.