Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Jun 26, 2001, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 2001, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Wayne County, KY

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000 
WGUS53 KJKL 262257
FFWJKL
KYC231-270100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
656 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 653 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
  RAIN OVER MONTICELLO.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY           
  STATIONARY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

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

$$
GREIF

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 26, 1:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...COR...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
125 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001

50H CHART HAS LOW PRESS BTWN BWG AND BNA. NUMEROUS VORT MAXES
ROTATING AROUND CTR WHICH WILL SET OFF TSRA WHENEVVER THEY MEET AN
AREA OF LLVL CONVERGENCE. PCPN SPILLING NORTH ACROSS THE MTNS WITH
TSRA CROPPING UP IN AREAS WITH MINIMAL CLOUD COVER. TRAJECTORIES
PROJECT PCPN ACTIVITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWFA THIS AFTERNOON AND AM
CONCERNED THAT 40 POP MAY NOT BE ENUF. WILL MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE
HIGHER POPS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TSRA ACTIVITY WILL SUBSIDE
AFTER SUNSET BUT IT COULD BE ANOTHER BUSY AFTERNOON.

MODELS ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT AND HARD TO ISOLATE ONE AS THE BETTER
MODEL. GENERALLY GOING WITH THE AVN ALTHOUGH THE ETA HAS LESS PCPN
FOR OUR CWFA FOR WED. SEE NO REASON FOR NOT GETTING WIDELY SCT TSRA
WITH AFTERNOON HEATING BUT WILL GENRALLY GO WITH AN OPTIMISTIC 20
POP FOR WED TO GIVE THE BROKEN RECORD A REST. THU THE LOW SHOULD BE
FAR ENUF WEST OR SW TO LIMIT IT/S EFFECTS BUT THE BERMUDA HIGH WILL
KICK IN WITH INCREASED SOUTHERLY FLOW.

THU PM DIURNAL SHRA/TSRA SET UP AGAIN WITH THE NEXT BREAK IN PCPN
AFTER THE WEEKEND. 50H FLOW BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED OVER THE WEEKEND
AND A COOL FNT DROPS INTO A DEVELOPING TROF OVER THE ERN THIRD OF
U/S. FNT TO PUSH THRU KY MON MORN WITH DRIER AIR FOLLOWING SO WILL
CURRENTLY FCST MON AND TUE AS DRY.  WED COULD SEE SOME PCPN AS THE
NEXT S/W DECENDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE WRN GT LKS.

GUIDANCE TEMPS AND POPS WITHIN REASON AND WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR
CHANGES. HIGH TEMPS LOOK 1 OR 2 DEG TOO WARM AND POPS SLIGHTLY
UNDERDONE FOR THE AFTERNOONS.

.JKL...NONE.

DUSTY

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
427 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

03g55 PM    ZULA                      KY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   WAYNE                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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