Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Jackson, KY

986 
WGUS73 KJKL 130656
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
256 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

KYC147-231-235-130900-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130813T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCCREARY KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY-
256 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WHITLEY...
CENTRAL WAYNE AND CENTRAL MCCREARY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM EDT...

AT 255 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING HAVE LIKELY 
PICKED UP BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE RUNOFF FROM 
THIS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ITS WAY DOWNSTREAM LEADING TO A 
CONTINUING THREAT FOR FLOODING THROUGH 5 AM EDT. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...BARRIER...BETSEY...BEULAH HEIGHTS...
BURFIELD...CO-OPERATIVE...COOPER...COOPERSVILLE...CUMBERLAND FALLS
S.P....CUMBERLAND FALLS STATE REFUGE...DELTA...DENNEY...DUCKRUN...
GREGORY...GRIFFIN...HIDALGO...HONEYBEE...KIDDS CROSSING...KRUPP...
MARSHES SIDING...OIL VALLEY...PARKERS LAKE...PARNELL...REDBIRD...
RITNER...ROCKEYBRANCH...SLAVENS...STEARNS AND STEUBENVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3670 8488 3670 8494 3672 8497 3673 8500
      3675 8501 3681 8503 3694 8488 3688 8459
      3687 8458 3687 8456 3686 8430 3676 8422
      3667 8439

$$

GREIF

307 
WGUS73 KJKL 130853
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
453 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

KYC147-231-235-130908-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130813T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCCREARY KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY-
453 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
WHITLEY...CENTRAL WAYNE AND CENTRAL MCCREARY COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 500 AM EDT...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3670 8488 3670 8494 3672 8497 3673 8500
      3675 8501 3681 8503 3694 8488 3688 8459
      3687 8458 3687 8456 3686 8430 3676 8422
      3667 8439

$$

GREIF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1103 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1103 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

UPDATED THE FORECAST TO BETTER REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS AND MODEL
TRENDS. THE BIGGEST CONCERN TONIGHT IS STILL FLASH FLOODING
POTENTIAL. NEW RAINFALL IS MOVING INTO THE AREA OF FLOYD COUNTY WHICH
HAD FOUR INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY. WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON
THAT AREA AS THE STORMS APPROACH. THERE IS ACTUALLY TWO WAVES
POTENTIALLY MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. THE REST OF THE FORECAST
IS ON TRACK.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 820 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

UPDATED THE FORECAST TO BETTER REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS AND MODEL
TRENDS. HAD REPORTS OF FLASH FLOOD FROM AT LEAST THREE COUNTIES
TODAY. SOMEONE JUST CALLED IN FROM FLOYD COUNTY AND SAID THEY
MEASURED 4 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY. AT JACKSON...WE SET A NEW RECORD OF
2.25 INCHES FOR THE DAY AND THE DAY IS NOT OVER YET. THE BIG CONCERN
IS WHAT WILL THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING TO DO AS IT
APPROACHES EASTERN KENTUCKY. PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY WERE WORKED
OVER PRETTY GOOD EARLIER TODAY. THE FEELING IS THOSE PARTS THAT WERE
HIT TODAY HAVE LOST THEIR LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY AND WILL MOST LIKELY
ONLY EXPERIENCE LIGHT PRECIPITATION. OTHER PARTS OF EASTERN
KENTUCKY...LIKE THE AREA WEST OF I-75 ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
THE HEAVIER RAIN. PARTS OF FLOYD AND POWELL COUNTY WILL QUICKLY
REVERT TO FLOODING CONDITIONS IF HEAVY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MOVE
ACROSS THOSE AREAS THIS EVENING.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 254 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

THE MODELS WERE IN GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING THE OVERALL WEATHER
PATTERN FOR THE SHORT TERM ALONG WITH THE TIMING OF FRONTAL PASSAGE
AND THE EVOLUTION OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOUNDARY. THE
MODELS ALL AGREED ON HIGHER PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR TONIGHT. AS DID
THE LATEST MOS GUIDANCE. BASED ON AMOUNT OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
STORMS THAT ARE ONGOING ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...IT SEEMED REASONABLE TO CONCLUDE THAT SHOWERS AND STORMS
WOULD BE A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AS WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO INTERACTS WITH TWO FRONTAL BOUNDARIES. THE FIRST
BOUNDARY IS CURRENTLY DRAPED FROM WEST TO EAST JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO
RIVER. THIS BOUNDARY...ALONG WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE...IS TRIGGERING
THE CURRENT SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY ACROSS EASTERN KY. THIS BOUNDARY
IS EXPECTED TO WASH LATER THIS EVENING...GIVING WAY TO A MORE WELL
DEFINED BOUNDARY THAT WILL EJECT OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES CENTRAL
PLAINS REGION LATER TONIGHT. THIS SECONDARY BOUNDARY WILL ALLOW FOR
WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT AS IT MOVES INTO THE
WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA SEEMINGLY FOREVER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A
CONCERN WHERE MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME
AREAS. AREAS OF FOG WILL BE ON TAP AGAIN FOR LATE TONIGHT...BUT
CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF CLOUDS AND RAIN THAT WILL BE AROUND...THE
FOG WILL NOT BE DENSE AT MOST LOCATIONS AND PROBABLY NOT NEARLY AS
WIDESPREAD AS IT WAS LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN SKIES
WERE MOSTLY CLEAR.

HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL TOP OUT RIGHT AROUND NORMAL VALUES...WITH HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80. LOWS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT WILL
BE CLOSE TO NORMAL AS WELL. THE MAX TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW
WAS DERIVED FROM THAT LATEST GFS MOS GUIDANCE...GOING PERHAPS A
DEGREE OR TWO BELOW MOS TO ACCOUNT FOR EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND
PRECIPITATION.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 254 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

IN TERMS OF WEATHER FOR THIS REGION...THERE IS REASONABLY GOOD MODEL
AGREEMENT DURING THE PERIOD. THIS IS DESPITE SOME NOTABLE MODEL
DIFFERENCES ELSEWHERE IN THE CONUS...AND THE POTENTIAL OF A TROPICAL
SYSTEM COMING OUT OF THE GULF PER THE GFS.

EARLY IN THE PERIOD A LARGE SCALE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE
EASTERN CONUS...WITH A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NORTH OF THE OHIO
RIVER. IT WILL SUPPLY A COOL AND DRY AIR MASS FOR THE LOCAL AREA.
HOWEVER...A RATHER TIGHT MOISTURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED JUST TO OUR
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT WE COULD SEE RECORD
COOL TEMPERATURES.

AS THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE PROGRESSES TO THE EAST AT THE END OF
THE WEEK...OUR LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL TURN TO COME ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.
THIS WILL WORK TO RETURN MOISTURE WAITING JUST TO OUR SOUTHEAST...
AND ALSO SET UP AN INVERTED TROUGH WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS. AN
UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE DROPPING INTO THE EASTERN CONUS TROUGH IS
EXPECTED TO SHIFT/DRAW THE TROUGH AXIS SOUTHWESTWARD TO  THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY FRIDAY. THE VERY SLOW APPROACH OF THIS TROUGH
IN COMBINATION WITH THE INCREASING MOISTURE AND INVERTED SURFACE
TROUGH WILL BRING A POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK TO
THE AREA BEGINNING FRIDAY AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY. WILL HOLD POPS
MOSTLY TO THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SHOULD THE
TROPICAL SYSTEM ACTUALLY MATERIALIZE AND TRACK A BIT FURTHER WEST
THAN WHAT THE GFS SHOWS...POPS WOULD GO HIGHER.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 820 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE NIGHT WHERE THE CIGS AND VSBY WILL
BE GOING UP AND DOWN LIKE A YO-YO. LOOKING OUTSIDE...I CAN ALREADY SEE
FOG AND CLOUDS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW THAT WILL AT TIMES CREEP OUT OF
TH VALLEY AND MOVE ACROSS THE ASOS SENSOR. THEN THERE IS A LINE OF
SHOWERS MOVING THIS WAY WHICH WILL ALSO CAUSE THE VALUES TO VARY.
TRIED TO CATCH THE MAJOR TRENDS...HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS VERY LOW ON
THE EXACT TIMING. ONCE THE NEXT SYSTEM GOES THROUGH...THINGS SHOULD
STAY DOWN FOR THROUGH 14Z.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

UPDATE...JJ
SHORT TERM...AR
LONG TERM...HAL
AVIATION...JJ

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
433 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-132345-
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-
433 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL THAT COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN FROM
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF
AN INCH OR ANY INCIDENCE OF HIGH WATER OR FLOODING.

AR

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
806 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

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

0500 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WAYLAND                 37.45N 82.80W
08/12/2013                   FLOYD              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROUTE 7 WAS CLOSED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR DUE TO HIGH WATER
            AND AT LEAST 6 HOUSES EXPERIENED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.

&&

KAS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
813 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

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

0525 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 NE JACKSON            37.60N 83.33W
08/12/2013  M2.25 INCH       BREATHITT          KY   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            RAINFALL BETWEEN 204 PM AND 525 PM.

&&

KAS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
934 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

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

0636 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WAYLAND                 37.45N 82.80W
08/12/2013                   FLOYD              KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            KY-1086 AND KY-7 CLOSED IN WAYLAND AREA.

0636 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MCDOWELL                37.46N 82.74W
08/12/2013                   FLOYD              KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            KY-122 NEAR MCDOWELL CLOSED.

0636 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GRETHEL                 37.49N 82.65W
08/12/2013                   FLOYD              KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            KY-979 CLOSED NEAR GRETHEL.

&&

KAS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1211 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

KYZ110-113-118-120-130500-
KNOTT-LETCHER-PIKE-FLOYD-
1211 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 100
AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING...

   SOUTHEASTERN KNOTT...
   NORTHERN LETCHER...
   SOUTHWESTERN PIKE AND
   SOUTH CENTRAL FLOYD.

AT 1211 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPIDER...OR
NEAR HINDMAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...DEANE AROUND
1220 AM EDT...GREENLEAF AROUND 1225 AM EDT...SPEIGHT AROUND 1230 AM
EDT...BEEFHIDE AROUND 1235 AM EDT...DORTON AROUND 1240 AM EDT.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATE OF TWO
INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY.

GREIF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1236 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

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

0500 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 WSW GARRET            37.47N 82.85W
08/12/2013                   FLOYD              KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FLOODING DAMAGING A NUMBER OF HOUSES IN THE ROCK FORK
            COMMUNITY.

&&

KAS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1252 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

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

1250 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MONTICELLO              36.84N 84.85W
08/13/2013                   WAYNE              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 92 CLOSED NEAR HIGHWAY 776. HIGHWAY 167 CLOSED A
            FEW MILES OUT OF TOWN.

&&

KAS