Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Jun 21, 2001, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 21, 2001, 9:30 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

County McCreary County, KY

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KJKL 212330
FFWJKL
FFWJKL
KYC147-220130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
730 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 
930 PM EDT FOR:

* MCCREARY COUNTY

DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATES THAT VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE 
OCCURRING OVER MCCREARY COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINS OF 2 TO 
2.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE 
HEAVY RAINS INCLUDE: BLUE HERON...WHITLEY CITY AND STEARNS.  

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

TAKE ACTION NOW IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM THE 
WATER. 

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
FORECAST OFFICE IN JACKSON KY.

$$

HALL

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 21, 2:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
210 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001

UPDATED TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM.

THE NGM...ETA AND AVN MODELS ARE SIMILAR WITH TIMING OF SYNOPTIC
SCALE FEATURES. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST WILL MOVE
SLOWLY EAST WITH ITS AXIS ARRIVING OVER EASTERN KY LATE SATURDAY.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT AS A BAND OF
PREFRONTAL CONVECTION APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE ETA MODEL SEEMS
TOO FAST IN BRINGING THE BAND FROM OVER THE MO BOOTHEEL AREA INTO
EASTERN KY BY EARLY EVENING. THE TIMING SHOWN IN THE NGM AND AVN
MODELS IS MORE REASONABLE...AND SHOWS THE BAND SPREADING OVER
EASTERN KY BETWEEN 8 PM TONIGHT AND 2 AM FRIDAY MORNING. THE BAND
WILL PERSIST OVER EASTERN KY MOST OF FRIDAY AS THE MAIN SHORT WAVE
ENERGY MOVES TO OUR NORTH AND THE SURFACE COLD FRONT DRAGS ACROSS
THE STATE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED
FRIDAY NIGHT AND CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST
INTO SATURDAY. THE NGM MOS TEMPERATURES AND POPS LOOK
GOOD.

IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...A CUTOFF LOW FORMS OVER APPALACHIA AND
HANGS OVER KY THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS COLD CORE SYSTEM WILL CAUSE
CONVECTIVE OVERTURNING AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONABLE.

.JKL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR PART OF NORTHEASVT
KENTUCKY...KYZ044-050>052-060-104-106.

SCHAUB

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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.