Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

May 2, 2002, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)

Expired

May 2, 2002, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jackson County, KY, Owsley County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WGUS53 KJKL 021856
FFWJKL
KYC109-189-022245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
255 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY
  OWSLEY COUNTY

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 242 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. HEAVY 
RAINFALL...IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES...IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN 
FROM THESE CELLS.

LOCAL OFFICIALS IN JACKSON COUNTY REPORT WATER OVER HIGHWAY 2002 AND
ROUTE 30 WEST NEAR PEOPLES. WATER IS ALSO FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 577 
WEST AND ALONG PIGEON ROOST ROAD.

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.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3750 8423 3726 8398 3732 8355 3751 8365

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 2, 2:20 AM EDT, 12 hours 36 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
220 AM EDT THU MAY 02 2002

STILL PLENTY OF CHALLENGES IN THE SHORT TERM. FCST CONCERNS INCLUDE
SLIGHT RISK OF SVR TODAY...TIMING OF FROPA/MAX TEMPS AND HEAVY RAIN
POTENTIAL.

05Z SFC CHART SHOWS THAT THE WARM FRONT HAS NOW LIFTED JUST NORTH OF
THE OHIO RIVER BUT ANOTHER PSEUDO WARM FRONT IS MOVG NE ACROSS TN.
MAIN SFC LOW IS DEEPENING AND IS NOW OVER CNTRL IN. RADARS SHOWING
THAT MOST OF THE INTENSE STORMS HAVE ALSO LIFTED NORTHWARD WITH JUST
A SCATTERING OF SHRAS HERE AND THERE ACROSS TN AND KY. THINGS
SHOULD BE RELATIVELY QUIET FOR A LITTLE WHILE EARLY THIS MORNING
UNTIL THE MAIN COLD FRONT GETS A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE AREA.

EXPECTING FROPA AROUND 18Z IN THE NORTH TODAY AND 22Z OR SO ACROSS
THE SOUTH. WITH HIGH PWS IN PLACE HEAVY PCPN STILL NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION ESP CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES. DONT PLAN ON ISSUING A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH ATTM BUT FFG VALUES ARE LOW AND WILL HAVE TO
MONITOR THINGS VERY CLOSELY. FCST SOUNDINGS INDICATE VERY UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS UNTIL FROPA THIS AFTERNOON. THE NEW DAY 1 SPC HAS THE
CNTRL AND SOUTHERN-EASTERN CWA STILL IN A SLIGHT RISK AND THIS SEEMS
REASONABLE ATTM. TEMPS TODAY WILL BE A TOUGH CALL. EXPECT COOLER
READINGS IN THE NORTH WITH TEMPS FALLING IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH
FROPA A LITTLE LATER ACRSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH AND SUCH WARM READINGS
ONGOING NOW...MOST AREAS WILL PROBABLY SEE MID 70S OR SO TODAY.
NOTED THE 74 AT BWG/76 AT BNA AND 81 AT MEM AT 2 AM.

WILL HAVE TO KEEP SOME POPS GOING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 2/3 OF THE
CWA...MAINLY THIS EVENING OR UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. CONSIDERABLY
COOLER WITH LOWS 40-45 OR SO. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ON FRIDAY FOR
A QUIET DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.

MODELS STILL TRYING TO INCR THE CLOUDS AND PCPN CHANCES FRIDAY
NIGHT/EARLY SAT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 1/2 OR 2/3 OF THE CWA AS A WAVE
RIDES UP ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS THE TN VALLEY. WILL KEEP SOME CHC
POPS GOING IN THE DATA BASE. SAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD BE
DRY. BASED ON THE LATEST RUN OF THE AVN...SUNDAY LOOKS DRY ATTM AND
I WILL CONSIDER REMOVING POPS FROM THE DATA BASE. NO OTHER CHANGES
PLANNED FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED AT THIS TIME.

AS STATED ABOVE THE HIGH TEMPS WILL BE A TOUGH CALL TODAY. AVN MOS
LOOKS TOO COLD TODAY AND WILL GO WITH ETA/NGM MOS BLEND. POPS AND
TEMPS LOOK CLOSE AND REASONABLE AFTER TODAY AND WONT DEVIATE
FAR.

WILL TRY TO HAVE SOME WORK ZONES OUT BEFORE TOO AWFUL LONG UNDER
SDFOZFJKL. COORDINATION WELCOME.

WILL ISSUE A NEW SPS LATER THIS MORNING FOR SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
TODAY.

.JKL...NONE.

HALL

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.