Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY

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WGUS73 KJKL 041038
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
637 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

KYC063-175-041330-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ELLIOTT KY-MORGAN KY-
637 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM EDT FOR
MORGAN AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES...

AT 635 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 
RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES FROM THIS LINE ARE IN 
EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR...ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM 
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WRIGLEY...
STARK...NEWFOUNDLAND...LYTTEN...LITTLE SANDY...LEISURE...ISONVILLE...
FANNIN VALLEY...CULVER...BRUIN...BLAZE...BLAIRS MILLS AND SANDY HOOK

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3786 8350 3803 8344 3816 8320 3820 8326
      3826 8319 3828 8316 3819 8306 3821 8301
      3818 8292 3811 8289 3802 8302 3793 8297
      3786 8300 3789 8312 3777 8327 3772 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1037Z 180DEG 0KT 3800 8322

$$

RAY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
333 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

.SHORT TERM.../TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...UPDATED
THE LATEST MODEL RUNS HAVE BEEN CONVERGING ON A SOLUTION THAT PUTS
LESS RAINFALL OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. THE ONLY
CONSOLATION IS THAT THE MODELS HAVE NOT INITIALIZED VERY WELL IN THAT
THE CURRENT HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS WELL SOUTH OF WHERE THE MODELS SAY
IT SHOULD BE. THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE OVER CENTRAL KY IS MUCH
BETTER THAN OVER EASTERN KY AND AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES SOUTH...MUCH
OF THAT LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS DIMINISHED AS IT MOVES INTO EASTERN
KENTUCKY. AS SUCH HAVE SORT OF GONE WITH A BLEND OF THE OLD RUN AND
THE NEW RUN AND BLENDED THE OLD QPF FORECAST WITH THE NEW HPC QPF
FORECAST. MY CONFIDENCE IN THE FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE WANED SOME...BUT
NOT ENOUGH TO REALLY CHANGE THEM UP. LOOKING UP STREAM...LEX JUST GOT
POUNDED WITH WITH OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. WITH
THIS SORT OF POTENTIAL OUT THERE...IT WOULD BE ILL ADVISED TO MAKE
ANY BIG CHANGES. TWEAKED THE TIMING OF THE RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS
FOR THE CURRENT FORECAST BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE AND
CURRENT CONDITIONS. WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE GFS AND ETA MOS FOR THE
TEMPERATURES FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD.

THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING AND THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ENDING EVERYWHERE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BY SATURDAY EVENING AND WILL KEEP ANY FRONTS
FROM MOVING INTO THE AREA UNTIL MONDAY. BY MONDAY NIGHT A COLD FRONT
WILL BE GETTING SHEARED APART AS IT MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE NEXT
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL STAY IN THE
AREA UNTIL THURSDAY.

.LONG TERM.../SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/

WITH A BIT OF DISAGREEMENT AMONGST THE VARIOUS LONG RANGE MODELS...
DECIDED TO GO WITH A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF SOLUTIONS.
THE ECMWF IS SEVERAL HOURS SLOWER THAN THE 6Z GFS RUN...SO USED A
BLEND BETWEEN THE TWO. LATEST HPC GUIDANCE AND MEXMOS ALSO DIFFER
SOMEWHAT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HANDLING OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR
NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH THE HPC GOING WITH 50 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WHILE THE GFS ENSEMBLE MOS AND MEX
BOTH GOING WITH POPS IN THE 20S AND 30S FOR THE SAME TIME FRAME. WITH
BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF BRINGING A FAST MOVING CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM
ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES MONDAY AND TUESDAY...DECIDED TO LEAVE IN
CURRENT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR MON-TUE. IN FACT...ONLY A FEW VERY
MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS
NO MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WERE EVIDENT IN THE
LATEST MODEL DATA. DECIDED TO INCREASE PRECIP CHANCES FOR TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE LATEST GFS AND ECMWF QPF FORECASTS
SEEMED TO SUPPORT A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIP THAN SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS WOULD HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR...ESPECIALLY WITH A 30KT LOW LEVEL JET
MOVING ACROSS THE AREA...AND PLENTY OF LOW AND MIDDLE LEVEL MOISTURE
AND OMEGA SHOWING UP IN THE MODEL CROSS SECTIONS AND SOUNDINGS. IN
FACT...THIS MORNINGS LONG RANGE FORECAST SOUNDINGS EVEN HAD ENOUGH
SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY IN THEM TO WARRANT MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS
FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...ALBEIT ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE.

TEMPERATURES WERE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE OVERALL WITH A FEW MINOR
TWEAKS MADE HERE AND THERE. GENERALLY TRENDED TOWARD THE WARMER HPC
AND MEXMOS NUMBERS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR DAYTIME HIGHS...AND VERY
CLOSE TO THE LONG RANGE MOS FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS. PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY
WINDS AND LESS CLOUD COVER IN THE FORECAST WERE THE PRIMARY
SUPPORTING FEATURES FOR THE CHANGE IN THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR
SUNDAY...MONDAY...AND THURSDAY. DEWPOINTS WERE CHANGED ONLY SLIGHTLY
PER LATEST MOS DATA. QPF FORECAST WAS ALSO TWEAKED ONLY TO MATCH UP
TO CHANGES IN POP FORECAST. INCLUDED A CHANCE OF RAIN EACH DAY MONDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH A BRIEF LULL BETWEEN SYSTEMS LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

&&

.AVIATION.../06Z TO 06Z/

A WAVY FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ROUGHLY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY
HAS EXTENSIVE BAND OF RAIN...THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE
PORTION OF THIS BAND OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY APPEARS TO HAVE A SLIGHT
NORTHWARD DRIFT...SIGNS OF WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE ENTERING THE REGION.
THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IT/S SLIGHT
NORTHWARD TREND....KEEPING OUR MORE SOUTHERN TERMINALS FURTHER FROM
THE MAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...BY SUNRISE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WILL BE MAKING A STRONGER MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST. MULTIPLE WAVES OF
LOW PRESSURE RIDING NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT WILL CAUSE THE OVERALL
PROGRESSION OF THE BOUNDARY TO BE VERY SLOW. AS A RESULT...THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
AREA...WITH RAIN BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES.

AT TAF ISSUANCE WINDS ARE LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTH...WITH OCCASIONAL
SOUTHWEST WINDS...GUSTS MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE. VAD WIND PROFILES
ARE SHOWING A STRENGTHENING SW LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPING OVER THE
AREA. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME LLWS AND
INCLUDED THIS IN THE TAF FOR FIRST 6 TO 7 HOURS...UNTIL NOCTURNAL
INVERSION HAS LIFTED...OR MIXED OUT TOTALLY.

EXPECTING GENERALLY MVFR CONDITIONS UNTIL LATE IN THE FORECAST
PERIOD WHEN LOWER...IFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A PASSING COLD
FRONT. EXPECT ALL STATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE THUNDER DURING THE DAY
FRIDAY...BUT WILL NOT INCLUDE THUNDER UNTIL A MORE EXACT TIMING OR
WINDOW BECOMES APPARENT.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-
069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120.

&&

SHORT TERM...JJ
LONG TERM...JJ/AR
AVIATION...RAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
527 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-051230-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...
PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...
CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...
HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...
INEZ...PIKEVILLE
527 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING
PROBLEMS FOR LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. RAPID
RISES ON THE LARGER RIVERS WILL THEN LIKELY OCCUR FROM THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE WEEKEND AS RAINFALL RUNOFF CONTINUES.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT INSTANCES OF FLOODING...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH...AND ANY DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON..

JJ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
500 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

KYZ044-050-051-058-059-068-069-079-083-041000-
FLEMING-BATH-MONTGOMERY-POWELL-ESTILL-ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-WAYNE-
JACKSON-
500 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT
FLEMING...BATH...MONTGOMERY...POWELL...ESTILL...JACKSON...ROCKCASTLE
...PULASKI...AND WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING...

AT 500 AM EDT...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM REYNOLDSVILLE TO 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUM
SULPHUR TO 22 MILES WEST OF CABELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 51 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR OWINGSVILLE AROUND 505 AM EDT...OLYMPIA
AROUND 510 AM EDT...WISEMAN CROSSING STATION AROUND 515 AM EDT...WITT
AROUND 520 AM EDT...ZULA AROUND 525 AM EDT...

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
ROADSIDE CULVERTS AND DITCHES WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO OVERFLOW DURING
THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY
AND TO AVOID DRIVING INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.

AR