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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Jackson, KY

May 8, 20098 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2009, 11:29 PM EDT for 8 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2009, 11:29 PM EDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2009, 2:30 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Floyd County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 8, 11:45 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Hazard, KY	BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED THAT A CAR WAS SWEPT AWAY IN HAZARD.
May 9, 12:04 AM EDT	FLOOD	Prestonsburg, KY	STREAMS OVER ROADS AND BRIDGES.
May 9, 12:36 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Honaker, KY	MOBILE HOME WASHED AWAY IN THE MARTIN AREA DUE TO FLOOD WATER. A FAMILY OF SIX IS WAITING TO BE RESCUED ON HIGH GROUND BUT WAS ABLE TO EVACUATE FROM THEIR MOBILE HOME. THIS REPORT WAS FROM FLOYD COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
May 9, 12:36 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Martin, KY	MOBILE HOME WASHED AWAY IN THE MARTIN AREA DUE TO FLOOD WATER. A FAMILY OF SIX IS WAITING TO BE RESCUED ON HIGH GROUND BUT WAS ABLE TO EVACUATE FROM THEIR MOBILE HOME. THIS REPORT WAS FROM FLOYD COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
May 9, 1:38 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Blue River, KY	ROCK AND MUD SLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG KENTUCKY ROUTE 404 IN THE DAVID AND BLUE RIVER AREAS ALONG THE LEFT FORK OF MIDDLE CREEK.
May 9, 1:38 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Martin, KY	NUMEROUS ROADS ARE UNDER WATER DUE TO FLOODING IN MUCH OF FLOYD COUNTY.
May 9, 1:43 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Grethel, KY	AMBULANCES ARE TRAPPED ALONG KY 979 DUE TO FLOODING IN NUMEROUS PLACES ALONG MUD CREEK AND ARE NOT ABLE TO EVACUATE PATIENTS. MEDIVAC NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO RAIN AND LOW CEILINGS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 6 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 16 minutes after it went out.

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 241 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KJKL 090329
FFWJKL
KYC071-115-119-133-153-159-193-195-090630-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0016.090509T0329Z-090509T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1129 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN LETCHER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 1117 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
  TO TRACK A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY
  RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AREAS IN
  THE VICINITY OF ALLEN...MARTIN...PRESTONSBURG...VAN LEAR...DAVID...
  ALLEN CITY AND ALVIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3727 8233 3720 8255 3718 8281 3721 8328
      3731 8336 3752 8290 3767 8291 3776 8283
      3778 8272 3779 8253 3777 8240 3766 8228
      3759 8212 3756 8213 3754 8206 3755 8204
      3752 8197

$$

GEOGERIAN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KJKL 090452
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1252 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009

KYC071-115-119-133-153-159-193-195-090630-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090509T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JOHNSON KY-MARTIN KY-MAGOFFIN KY-FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-KNOTT KY-PERRY KY-
LETCHER KY-
1252 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN LETCHER...NORTHEASTERN PERRY...KNOTT...PIKE...FLOYD...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN...SOUTHERN MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN
JOHNSON COUNTIES...

AT 1233 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING REPEATEDLY ACROSS
THE SAME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

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 3727 8233 3720 8255 3718 8281 3721 8328
      3731 8336 3752 8290 3767 8291 3776 8283
      3778 8272 3779 8253 3777 8240 3766 8228
      3759 8212 3756 8213 3754 8206 3755 8204
      3752 8197

$$

GEOGERIAN

000 
WGUS73 KJKL 090541
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
141 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009

KYC071-115-119-133-153-159-193-195-090630-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090509T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JOHNSON KY-MARTIN KY-MAGOFFIN KY-FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-KNOTT KY-PERRY KY-
LETCHER KY-
141 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN LETCHER...NORTHEASTERN PERRY...KNOTT...PIKE...FLOYD...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN...SOUTHERN MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN
JOHNSON COUNTIES...

AT 133 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPANDING IN AREAL COVERAGE. 

THIS LINE WILL MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY
SEEN HEAVY RAINFALL AND EXTENSIVE FLOODING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE AREA BETWEEN 1:30 AND 2:30 AM. 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NEAR 
A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

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 3727 8233 3720 8255 3718 8281 3721 8328
      3731 8336 3752 8290 3767 8291 3776 8283
      3778 8272 3779 8253 3777 8240 3766 8228
      3759 8212 3756 8213 3754 8206 3755 8204
      3752 8197

$$

GEOGERIAN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 8, 7:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 7:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
755 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

.MESOSCALE ANALYSIS...UPDATE

MAJORITY OF THE SVR WX HAS MOVED EAST OF THE CWFA AND WHAT WE HAVE
LEFT IS A SERIES OF SUPER CELLS TRACKING TO THE EAST THRU THE SRN
HALF OF OUR CWFA. THE SVR TSRA WATCH FOR THE NRN COUNTIES WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. WILL CONTINUE THE TOR WATCH FOR THE SRN
HALF WHERE THE BEST DISCRETE STORMS ARE AND WHERE THE WARNINGS
PERSIST.

THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...

/TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/

STRONG MCV MOVING RAPIDLY UP THE MOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON KICKING OFF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KY.
LINE OF STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL ROLL THROUGH EASTERN
KENTUCKY BETWEEN ABOUT 4 AND 6 PM LOCAL. WITH SUCH STRONG ROTATION
NOT SURPRISED TO HEAR REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOS
UPSTREAM. BASED ON THE RUC...WHICH HAS HAD THE BEST HANDLE ON EVENTS
TODAY...EXPECT THIS MCV TO RIDE STRAIGHT UP THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY
THIS EVENING. THEREFORE IT IS LIKELY AT LEAST PART OF OUR CWA WILL
SEE SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EARLY
EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT. BUT AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. MOVED VALID TIME OF FLASH
FLOOD WATCH UP TO 4 PM TO CORRESPOND WITH ARRIVAL OF STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. HOURLY FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES IT WOULD ONLY TAKE A
HALF INCH OF RAIN TO REACH CRITICAL THRESHOLDS IN MANY PORTIONS OF
OUR CWA. SO FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAIN WILL LINGER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AS A
COLD FRONT SETTLES DOWN INTO OUR AREA. EXPECT RAIN TO COME TO AN END
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OF EASTERN
KENTUCKY. EXPECT AERIAL FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG AREA
RIVERS WILL BE A PROBLEM THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.LONG TERM.../SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/

EXTENDED MODELS INITIALLY SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT IN LARGER SCALE
PATTERN BUT DIFFER A BIT ON SMALLER SCALE DETAILS...MAINLY TIMING
AND STRENGTH OF DISTURBANCES IN BROAD ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE HEART OF
THE CONUS THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE PERIOD. DRY WEATHER PATTERN
BEGINNING SAT NIGHT AS THE FRONT FINALLY SAGS SOUTH OF THE STATE AND
TAKES THE PRECIP TOWARDS THE GULF COAST. TEMPS FCST TO RUN SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWS IN THE UPPER
40S. VERY WEAK WAVE TO PUSH PCPN BACK INTO OUR SRN COUNTIES EARLY
MON BUT QPF SHOULD BE LIGHT.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY. WED
MORNING IS WHERE THE EXTENDED MODELS DIVERGE WITH THE ECMWF THE
FASTER MODEL BY ALMOST 12 HRS. PREFER THE SLOWER GFS AS HIGH PRESS
TENDS TO BE RELUCTANT TO BE DISPLACED AND THE ECWMF TRACKS THE HIGH
TO THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WERE THE GFS TAKES THE HIGH TO THE
CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORED MID ATLANTIC. THEREFORE HAVE FOLLOWED THE
GFS FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE EXTENDED. COLD FRONT TO SWEEP INTO
ERN KY WED NIGHT WITH SHRA/TSRA TO PRECEDE AND LAST INTO THU BEFORE
PASSING THRU THE AREA. QPF WITH THIS PROGRESSIVE SYSTEM LOOKS MORE
NORMAL FOR FRONTAL SYSTEMS AND SHOULD NOT BE A AREAL AVG HEAVY RAIN
EVENT...ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN WITH TYPICAL TSRA IS POSSIBLE.

&&

.AVIATION.../00Z TO 24Z/

THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS MAKING A FINAL PUSH THROUGH EAST KENTUCKY
THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
AREA DURING THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THERE MAY BE
A TEMPORARY BREAK IN SHOWER ACTIVITY DURING THE EVENING...BUT THE
APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL KEEP THE THREAT
OF PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH THE BULK OF THE OVERNIGHT. THIS FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WILL SWEEP ANY LINGERING PRECIP SOUTHWARD OUT OF THE AREA
BY MID MORNING TO MID DAY SATURDAY. WENT WITH PREDOMINANT MVFR
CONDITIONS...BUT CAN NOT RULE OUT A FEW BREAKS INTO VFR RANGE...
ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST SEVERAL HOURS OF THE TAF. WINDS INCREASE
FROM THE WEST...NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SATURDAY AS
PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF.

&&

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

TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR KYZ068-069-079-080-
083>088-110-112>118-120.

&&

SHORT TERM...RAY/DUSTY
LONG TERM....DUSTY
AVIATION...RAY

Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 2:55 PM EDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
255 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-108-111-114-116-
091100-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-WOLFE-LEE-
OWSLEY-CLAY-
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...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER
255 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 268 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD
BE LOCALLY HEAVY...AND COMBINED WITH RECENT PRECIPITATION PRESENTS
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. IN
ADDITION...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS TO
RISE AND RUN HIGH. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR THE LATEST FLOOD
POTENTIAL.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING ON SATURDAY. A FLOOD WATCH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY LOCAL FLOODING...OR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH OR MORE. SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY
INSTANCES OF STORM DAMAGE.

KYZ088-104-106-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120-091100-
HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-
LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...
PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...
HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
255 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD BE
LOCALLY HEAVY...AND COMBINED WITH RECENT PRECIPITATION PRESENTS THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. IN
ADDITION...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS TO
RISE AND RUN HIGH. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR THE LATEST FLOOD
POTENTIAL.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING ON SATURDAY. A FLOOD WATCH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY LOCAL FLOODING...OR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH OR MORE. SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY
INSTANCES OF STORM DAMAGE.

RAY

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 10:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1002 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0954 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ANNVILLE                37.32N 83.96W
05/08/2009                   JACKSON            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ON HWY 30 HAS WATER FLOWING ACROSS IT.

&&

DSTAMPER

Local storm report, May 8, 10:39 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1039 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1014 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW PIKEVILLE          37.50N 82.54W
05/08/2009                   PIKE               KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD AT 350 LYKINS CREEK.

&&

SCHOETTMER

Local storm report, May 8, 10:46 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1046 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1019 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE COAL RUN           37.54N 82.52W
05/08/2009                   PIKE               KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWERLINES ARE DOWN ALONG COWPEN ROAD JUST ABOVE RIGHT
            FORK.

&&

SCHOETTMER

Local storm report, May 8, 10:49 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1049 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     FLASH FLOOD      IDA MAY                 37.52N 83.77W
05/08/2009                   LEE                KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FOUR FEET OF WATER WAS IN HOUSES IN THE COMMUNITY OF IDA
            MAY.

&&

SCHOETTMER

Local storm report, May 8, 10:51 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1051 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1036 PM     FLOOD            LANGLEY                 37.53N 82.79W
05/08/2009                   FLOYD              KY   PUBLIC

            STREAMS WERE FLOWING INTO BUILDINGS.

&&

SCHOETTMER

Local storm report, May 8, 10:58 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1058 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1036 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LANGLEY                 37.53N 82.79W
05/08/2009                   FLOYD              KY   PUBLIC

            STREAMS WERE FLOWING INTO BUILDINGS.

&&

SCHOETTMER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 8:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	30 min
May 8, 8:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Leslie, Owsley and 1 more	37 min
May 8, 8:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe	37 min
May 8, 8:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin and 2 more	3 hr
May 8, 8:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Perry	23 min
May 8, 8:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry	3 hr
May 8, 8:55 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Whitley	27 hr
May 8, 8:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	31 min
May 8, 9:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe	19 min
May 8, 10:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson and 10 more	4 hr
May 9, 12:11 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Owsley	13 hr
May 9, 1:58 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson and 10 more	3 hr
May 9, 2:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Lee and 7 more	6 hr
May 9, 2:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry, Pike	6 hr
May 9, 2:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin	32 min
May 9, 2:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	23 min
May 9, 3:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Martin, Pike	30 min
May 9, 3:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt	34 hr
May 9, 4:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott and 8 more	3 hr
May 9, 4:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Knott, Owsley and 3 more	3 hr
May 9, 5:34 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	21 hr
May 9, 6:01 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd	20 hr
May 9, 6:01 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Johnson	40 hr
May 9, 7:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson and 14 more	30 hr
May 9, 8:48 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Magoffin	5 hr
May 9, 1:22 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	10 hr
May 9, 1:39 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Magoffin	19 hr
May 9, 1:46 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	63 hr
May 9, 1:51 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	3 days
May 9, 3:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Powell	28 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.