Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

May 7, 2002, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 2002, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jackson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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 072045
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KYC109-203-072245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
440 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 430 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING OVER THE SAME AREA FOR ALMOST 24 HOURS. 
  RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECORDED OVER
  NUMEROUS LOCATIONS. MORE RAINFALL IS APPROACHING THE AREA AND 
  ALTHOUGH THE NEXT WAVE OF RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HEAVY THE
  GROUND CANNOT ABSORB ANY MORE. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BECOME 
  RUNOFF TO STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT ARE ALREADY AT OR OVER BANKFULL. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. LEAVE AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN THE WATER STARTS TO RISE.

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. 

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 3719 8434 3735 8416 3723 8394 3736 8380
          3758 8396 3749 8447 3734 8453

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 7, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
330 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE PRECIP CHCS/TIMING/PLACEMENT IN SHORT TERM...
AREA OVERCROWDED WITH MISC BOUNDARIES.  17Z SFC HAS TROUGH CUTTING
THROUGH KY.  AHEAD OF IT IS THE CONVECTION SEEN IN EASTERN KY.  VERY
MOIST WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S.  VARIOUS URBAN/SMALL STREAM
VARIETY FLOODING ISSUES ACROSS CWA WITH ONE FFW OUT.  HAVE EXTENDED
THE FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4AM AND HAVE INCLUDED ALL OF CWA.  NIGHT SHIFT
CAN REEVALUATE THE SITUATION FOR TOMORROW.  AFTER CURRENT LINES OF
CONVECTION PASS...EXPECTING A BRIEF LULL IN ACTIVITY BEFORE PICKING
BACK UP AGAIN BY MORNING WITH BOUNDARY PUSHING NORTHWARD.  WED
EVENING HOURS COULD AGAIN QUIET DOWN...THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN BREAKING
OUT IN EARLY MORNING HOURS AHEAD OF COLD FROPA ON THURSDAY.

FRI/SAT/SUN LOOK FAIR.  MOISTURE INFLUX BEGINS AGAIN BY SAT WITH
PRECIP CHANCES RETURNING SUNDAY EVENING.  A LITTLE LATER THAN
ANTICIPATED PREVIOUSLY DUE TO SLOWING TRENDS.

TONIGHT LOOKING AT LIKELY POPS EVERYWHERE BUT FAR NORTH WHO HAS GOOD
CHANCES.  WED HAS THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA LIKELY POPS AND GOOD
CHANCE TO THE SW...A LITTLE FURTHER FROM THE BOUNDARY.  HAVE HIGH
CHANCES FOR WED OVERNIGHT AND LIKELY FOR AFTERNOON TS ON THU.
CLEARS OUT BY FRI.

NO LARGE TEMP SWINGS.  KEPT CLOSE TO MAV NUMBERS.

GFE/IFPS: LOADED META/AVN FOR TEMPS AND TWEAKED THEM.  ADJUSTED THE
TIMING OF EXTENDED SYSTEM.  ADJUSTED NEAR TERM POPS SOME.

THANKS TO SDF AND RLX FOR COORDINATION.  ADDITIONAL COORDINATION
WELCOME.

.JKL...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF EASTERN KY THROUGH 4 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

OUDEMAN

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