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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Jackson, KY

August 21, 2014Menifee County, Montgomery County, Powell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2014, 3:24 PM EDT for Menifee County, Montgomery County, Powell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2014, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2014, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Powell County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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.

Did it verify

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 322 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2014-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2225 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2014-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

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

914 
WGUS53 KJKL 211924
FFWJKL
KYC165-173-197-220130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0028.140821T1924Z-140822T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
324 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN POWELL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 323 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES HAS ALREADY    
  OCCURRED. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FRENCHBURG...BEAN...CAMARGO...CEDAR GROVES...CLAY LICK...
  CORNWELL...DENNISTON...FAGAN...JEFFERSONVILLE...KLONDIKE...LEVEE...
  LUCKY STOP...MARIBA...MEANS...PREWITT...ROTHWELL...TABOR AND       
  WADES MILL.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
POWDER MILL BRANCH...RED RIVER...SLATE CREEK...PRETTY RUN...EAST FORK
SLATE CREEK...SPRUCE CREEK...HATCHER CREEK...INDIAN CREEK...CANE 
CREEK...BLACK CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3793 8349 3784 8358 3792 8399 3794 8398
      3805 8404

$$

KAS
1 follow-up statement
420 
WGUS73 KJKL 212252
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
652 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

KYC165-173-197-212308-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140822T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-POWELL KY-
652 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
POWELL...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN MENIFEE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

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 3793 8349 3784 8358 3792 8399 3794 8398
      3805 8404

$$

PELTON

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 Aug 21, 2:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 2:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
210 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 140 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

WITH AN AREA OF SCATTERED STORMS NOW MOVING EAST ALONG INTERSTATE 64
HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REFLECT THE HIGHER POPS NORTH OF THE
MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND LOWER TEMPS THERE. ALSO ADDED MORE POPS IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST AND LOWERED THEM ELSEWHERE FOR
THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AFTER THAT...OUTFLOWS FROM THE NORTHERN STORMS
WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT FURTHER SOUTH...AIDED
BY THE HIGHER INSTABILITY. IN ADDITION...MADE SOME TWEAKS TO THE
HOURLY TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON GIVEN THE
CURRENT OBS AND TRENDS. THESE UPDATED GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE
NDFD AND WEB SERVERS.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 1050 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

14Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOW GENERAL LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER
WITH HIGHER PRESSURE FOUND TO THE SOUTH. A STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXISTS
THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND WESTERN PARTS OF
THIS FRONT...CONNECTED BACK TO DEEPER LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN
PLAINS...HAS BEEN A GENESIS REGION FOR RECENT MCS ACTIVITY. THIS
ACTIVITY IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY A STREAM OF MID LEVEL ENERGY RIDING
ALONG THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF A DEVELOPING RIDGE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
KENTUCKY. THIS WOULD TEND TO SUPPORT CONVECTION WORKING SOUTHEAST
FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS PASSING BY JUST TO
OUR NORTHEAST. HOWEVER...INSTABILITY BUILDING WITH THE RECENT
ARRIVAL OF SUMMER TIME HEAT AND HUMIDITY ACROSS KENTUCKY WILL BE
ENOUGH TO KEEP A THREAT OF THE STORMS AND THEIR OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
SNEAKING INTO NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CWA AND PERHAPS FURTHER TO
THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. THE CURRENT RADAR HAS A HEALTHY
CLUSTER OF STORMS CROSSING FROM INDIANA INTO OHIO WITH A GROWING
SOUTHERN EXTENT TRACKING THROUGH NORTHERN KENTUCKY. EXPECT THIS TO
BRUSH INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. THE HRRR KEEPS THIS FIRST WAVE JUST NORTH OF THE
CWA...WHILE THE 12Z NAM12 DIPS THE CONVECTION DEEPER INTO EAST
KENTUCKY. FOR THIS UPDATE HAVE SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO
SCENARIOS AND PEAKED POPS IN THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH
SOME SMALL TO MODERATE POPS EVEN DOWN INTO THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY BY
EVENING. HIGH PWS AND THE RAINS OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL MEAN A
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FOR PLACES THAT SEE REPEATED STORMS...
PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE MID SECTION OF THE CWA. SPC HAS PLACED
EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA...ALONG THE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED STORM
TRACK...IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL. THIS APPEARS REASONABLE GIVEN THE HIGH CAPE...LOW
LIS...AND LACK OF A MID LEVEL CAP. ACCORDINGLY THIS CONCERN WILL
CONTINUE TO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE HWO ALONG WITH A MENTION OF THE
HEAT AND HUMIDITY...TEMPS NEAR 90 AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S...THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. HAVE ALSO FINE TUNED THE T AND TD GRIDS PER THE LATEST
OBS...TRENDS...AND CONSSHORT GUIDANCE. THESE UPDATES HAVE BEEN SENT
TO THE NDFD AND WEB SERVERS WITH NEW HWO AND ZONES ON THEIR WAY.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 757 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

THE FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK THIS MORNING. FRESHENED UP THE HOURLY
TEMPERATURES...DEW POINTS...AND SKY COVER TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LATEST
TRENDS IN THE OBSERVATIONS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 357 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

THE LATEST SURFACE MAP FEATURES HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GULF COAST
STATES...WITH LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES. A STATIONARY
BOUNDARY EXTENDS EAST FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO
VALLEY REGION. ALOFT...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN ACROSS
THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED NEAR
THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO...AND MORE TROUGHING FEATURED ACROSS
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. SEVERAL COMPLEXES OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN
GENERATING AND THEN RIDING SOUTHEAST ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.

CURRENTLY...EASTERN KENTUCKY REMAINS QUIET AS ONLY A WEAKENING
SMALLER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE NEXT MORE ORGANIZED COMPLEX IS
CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH MINNESOTA.

THE MODEL GUIDANCE HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THE TIMING OF THE
MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION AS OF LATE. AS SUCH...HAVE USED A GENERAL
BLEND OF THE GUIDANCE AND THE INHERITED FORECAST. AS THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE SLOWLY BUILDS INTO THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY...IT WILL
GENERALLY NUDGE THE MCS TRACK FURTHER NORTHEAST...HOWEVER SINCE THERE
WILL BE PLENTY OF FUEL FOR THE STORMS AND A WEAK SYNOPTIC PATTERN IN
PLACE...CAN NOT RULE OUT OUTFLOW INFLUENCE FURTHER SOUTHWEST. SOME
STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING
WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY WHERE STORMS CAN MOVE
PARALLEL TO ANY ESTABLISHED OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. WILL HIGHLIGHT THESE
THREATS IN THE HWO. POPS WILL GENERALLY PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS
TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH LESSER CHANCES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

HIGHS TODAY WILL AVERAGE IN THE 85 TO 90 DEGREE RANGE...WITH AROUND
90 DEGREES EXPECTED FOR MOST LOCATIONS ON FRIDAY.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 357 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST BEGINS ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A
WELL DEVELOPED MID LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE MID WEST AND
LONGWAVE TROUGH ENTERING THE NORTHWEST WITH AN EXITING TROUGH OVER
THE NORTHEAST. THE MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS EVENTUALLY SHIFTS EAST OVER
THE OH VALLEY BY MONDAY AS IT WEAKENS A BIT WITH THE APPROACHING
TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST
EXITING INTO THE ATLANTIC. THIS PATTERN BASICALLY KEEPS THE RIDGE
OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXTENDED.

WITH THIS PATTERN IN PLACE THROUGH SUNDAY...EASTERN KENTUCKY REMAINS
IN NORTHWEST FLOW WITH STILL A FEW MCS/S LIKELY POISED TO TRACK
SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA FOR THIS WEEKEND. WHILE MODELS INHERENTLY
WILL HAVE TROUBLE TRACKING THEM...THE FIRST ONE SHOULD BE MOVING
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE NEXT ONE POSSIBLY SATURDAY NIGHT. BY
SUNDAY...THE RIDGE AXIS REALLY BEGINS TO SET IN AND ADDITIONAL
STRONG CONVECTION MAY BE LESS LIKELY AND MAY BE MORE TIED TO DIURNAL
PROCESSES WITH A STATIONARY BOUNDARY ALONG THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE
CWA. BY MONDAY AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS
MOVES OVER THE AREA WHICH SHOULD EFFECTIVELY CUT OFF CONVECTION...AT
LEAST DEEP CONVECTION. SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A STORM OR
TWO MAY DEVELOP UNDER THE RIDGE. THE SOLUTION OF THE ALL MODEL BLEND
WOULD SUGGEST SOME UNCERTAINTY THERE WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE GFS
AND EURO AS WELL. OVERALL THE BROAD BRUSH OF POPS THROUGH THE FIRST 3
DAYS OF THE EXTENDED SEEMS NEEDED DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE MODELS
HAVING TROUBLE DEPICTING THE COMPLEXES MOVING THROUGH BUT DID GO WITH
SOME DIURNAL CHARACTERISTICS.

BY THE END OF THE EXTENDED...THE MODELS SEEM TO HINT AT THE RIDGE
MOVING FARTHER EAST AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
SEEMS POISED TO MOVE THROUGH THE MS RIVER VALLEY AND INTO THE OH
VALLEY. IN ADDITION...THE WARM AND MUGGY WEATHER STILL LOOKS TO BE
ON TAP THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS AROUND 90 THROUGH MONDAY AND
DEW POINTS AROUND 70. THE END OF THE EXTENDED DOES SHOW SOME RELIEF
FROM THE WARM AND HUMID WEATHER WITH THE APPROACH OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 210 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

THE AVIATION FORECAST WILL BE A CHALLENGE WITH THE TIMING OF MCS
CLUSTERS AND POTENTIAL FOR FOG FORMATION THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT
THE BETTER CHANCES FOR LOWER CIGS AND VIS ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS WILL
BE FOR THE NORTHERN TAF SITES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THESE LOCATIONS
MAY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR MORE IN THE WAY OF LOWER VIS PRODUCING
FOG. HOWEVER...THAT WILL BE DEPENDENT ON ADDED MOISTURE FROM
CONVECTION DURING THE REST OF THE DAY AND SOME CLEARING LATER
TONIGHT. FOR NOW...HAVE BROUGHT ALL THE SITES TO MVFR IN BR AFTER 06Z
AND CLEARING OUT...BACK TO VFR BY 14Z FRIDAY. CANNOT RULE OUT
ADDITIONAL STORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST...BUT
THROUGH 18Z THE TAF SITES SHOULD REMAIN CALM. WINDS THROUGH THE NIGHT
WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...FAVORING THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 KTS
DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS.

&&

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

UPDATE...GREIF
SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN
LONG TERM...SHALLENBERGER
AVIATION...GREIF
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 11:10 AM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1110 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-221815-
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
1110 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS
MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS
TRACK REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SOME OF THE STORMS ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT MAY APPROACH SEVERE
LIMITS...CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS TRACK REPEATEDLY OVER
THE SAME LOCATIONS.

HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BUILD THROUGH EAST KENTUCKY FROM FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY WITH HEAT INDICES APPROACHING 100 DEGREES EACH
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS NEAR THE BLUEGRASS REGION AND
WEST OF INTERSTATE 75.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INCIDENTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT.

GEOGERIAN/GREIF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
214 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

KYZ050>052-060-211900-
MENIFEE-MONTGOMERY-ROWAN-BATH-
214 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 300
PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

   NORTHERN MENIFEE...
   NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...
   SOUTHERN ROWAN AND
   BATH.

AT 214 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STOOPS...OR
NEAR MOUNT STERLING...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...FLAT CREEK
AROUND 220 PM EDT...STEPSTONE AROUND 225 PM EDT...KENDALL SPRINGS
AROUND 230 PM EDT...OLYMPIA AROUND 235 PM EDT...AND OLYMPIA SPRINGS
AROUND 240 PM EDT.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN
ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS.

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

GREIF
Local storm report, Aug 21, 2:26 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
226 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

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

0745 PM     FLOOD            WOOTON                  37.18N 83.30W
08/20/2014                   LESLIE             KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            HWY 1807 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM WOOTON CREEK
            COVERING ROADWAY.

&&

JVOGTMIL
Local storm report, Aug 21, 2:27 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
227 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

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

0745 PM     FLOOD            CUTSHIN                 37.09N 83.26W
08/20/2014                   LESLIE             KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            BRIDGES WASHED OUT ALONG POLLS CREEK STRANDING PEOPLE
            CREEK SIDE.

&&

JVOGTMIL
Local storm report, Aug 21, 2:32 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
232 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

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

0745 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S CARRIE              37.32N 83.03W
08/20/2014                   KNOTT              KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            A FOOT OF FLOWING WATER OVER HWY 1102 MONTGOMERY ROAD.

&&

JVOGTMIL
Local storm report, Aug 21, 2:53 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
253 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

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

0320 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WSW MARYDELL          37.11N 83.92W
08/20/2014                   LAUREL             KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREE DOWN ALONG HWY 1305 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3-4.

0325 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N LIDA                37.10N 83.93W
08/20/2014                   LAUREL             KY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON TOM CAT TRAIL OR HWY 1305.

0408 PM     HAIL             ANNVILLE                37.32N 83.96W
08/20/2014  E1.00 INCH       JACKSON            KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

0435 PM     HAIL             3 SE PINEVILLE          36.73N 83.66W
08/20/2014  E0.50 INCH       BELL               KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PAGE SCHOOL IN BELL COUNTY

0436 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E PINEVILLE           36.76N 83.68W
08/20/2014                   BELL               KY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON TOP OF TRAILER AT BROWNING TRAILER PARK LOOP
            ON HWY 119

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S MOUNT VERNON        37.35N 84.34W
08/20/2014                   ROCKCASTLE         KY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON SOUTH WILDERNESS ROAD

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PALMER                  37.81N 84.07W
08/20/2014                   ESTILL             KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            7 TO 8 TREES DOWN ON HARRIS FERRY ROAD.

0532 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW LIVINGSTON         37.31N 84.23W
08/20/2014                   ROCKCASTLE         KY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON PINEY BRANCH

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WSW GAULEY            37.31N 84.21W
08/20/2014                   ROCKCASTLE         KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREES DOWN ON RED HILL ROAD NEAR THE LIVINGSTON AREA.

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MONTICELLO              36.84N 84.85W
08/20/2014                   WAYNE              KY   911 CALL CENTER

            ROOF OF BOAT STORAGE BUILDING IS GONE AND OTHER PORTIONS
            OF THE BUILDING COLLAPSED. THIS DAMAGE IS LIKELY DUE TO
            STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. BUILDING IS LOCATED WEST OF HWY 82.

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SCALF                   36.92N 83.70W
08/20/2014                   KNOX               KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TWO TREES DOWN ON STINKING CREEK ROAD.

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSW MCWHORTER         37.21N 84.02W
08/20/2014                   LAUREL             KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 638 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4-12.

0557 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BUCKHORN LAKE S.P.      37.30N 83.44W
08/20/2014                   PERRY              KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            THREE TREES DOWN ON LODGE ROAD.

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW ROYRADER           37.25N 83.95W
08/20/2014                   LAUREL             KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 578 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5-9.

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE CRAWFORD          37.21N 83.94W
08/20/2014                   LAUREL             KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREE DOWN ALONG HWY 472 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7-8.

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E BOONEVILLE          37.48N 83.66W
08/20/2014                   OWSLEY             KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            2 TREES DOWN ON HWY 3346.

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E VIPER               37.18N 83.13W
08/20/2014                   PERRY              KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREE DOWN ON MACES CREEK ROAD.

0638 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARSHES SIDING          36.74N 84.48W
08/20/2014                   MCCREARY           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THAT MULTIPLE TREES HAD BEEN
            BLOWN DOWN ALL OVER THE COUNTY. THERE WERE ALSO SOME
            POWER OUTAGES REPORTED THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY
            EITHER THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OR LIGHTNING STRIKES.

0642 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ESE KRYPTON           37.29N 83.27W
08/20/2014                   PERRY              KY   911 CALL CENTER

            A COUPLE OF TREES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN.

0645 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MONTICELLO              36.84N 84.85W
08/20/2014                   WAYNE              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER MAIN STREET IN MONTICELLO. VEHICLES STALLED
            WITH WATER REPORTED TO THE TOP OF TIRES.

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW WILLIAMSBURG      36.76N 84.18W
08/20/2014                   WHITLEY            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON AIRPORT ROAD.

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WILLIAMSBURG            36.74N 84.17W
08/20/2014                   WHITLEY            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN TOWN.

0655 PM     DEBRIS FLOW      WOOTON                  37.18N 83.30W
08/20/2014                   LESLIE             KY   911 CALL CENTER

            HWY 80 HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO MULTIPLE MUDSLIDES.

0655 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WOOTON                  37.18N 83.30W
08/20/2014                   LESLIE             KY   911 CALL CENTER

            THREE FEET OF FLOWING WATER ON HWY 80 NEAR GRAYS
            COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CALLAWAY                36.78N 83.56W
08/20/2014                   BELL               KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREE ON HWY 119 AT THE 2 MILE MARKER.

0700 PM     HEAVY RAIN       E WHITLEY CITY          36.72N 84.48W
08/20/2014  M0.90 INCH       MCCREARY           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAIN WAS MEASURED OVER A 30 MINUTE TIME PERIOD BEGINNING
            AT 630PM.

0700 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MONTICELLO              36.84N 84.85W
08/20/2014                   WAYNE              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL CARS STALLED OUT IN THE CITY OF MONTICELLO. ROADS
            HAD AROUND 6 INCHES OF FLOWING WATER ACROSS SOME OF THE
            ROADS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED.

0710 PM     HEAVY RAIN       LEBURN                  37.35N 82.96W
08/20/2014  M0.63 INCH       KNOTT              KY   AMATEUR RADIO

            AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED THAT 0.63 INCHES OF
            RAIN FELL BETWEEN 640 AND 710 PM IN LEBURN.

0720 PM     FLASH FLOOD      KRYPTON                 37.31N 83.34W
08/20/2014                   PERRY              KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FLASH FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 541 IN FRONT OF BIG WILLARD
            CHURCH OF CHRIST. REPORT FROM PHOTO POSTED TO WYMT
            FACEBOOK PAGE.

0730 PM     DEBRIS FLOW      CHAVIES                 37.35N 83.35W
08/20/2014                   PERRY              KY   911 CALL CENTER

            A MUDSLIDE BROUGHT DOWN TREES ONTO KY HIGHWAY 28.

0730 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 NNW AVAWAM            37.28N 83.31W
08/20/2014                   PERRY              KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FLASH FLOODING ALONG BIG WILLARD ROAD IN BUSY. REPORT
            FROM VIDEO POSTED TO WYMT FACEBOOK PAGE.

0732 PM     HEAVY RAIN       CARRIE                  37.33N 83.03W
08/20/2014  M1.78 INCH       KNOTT              KY   PUBLIC

            1.78 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 35 MINUTES.

0743 PM     DEBRIS FLOW      MALLIE                  37.30N 82.92W
08/20/2014                   KNOTT              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A MUDSLIDE LED A TREE FALLING ON POWERLINES.

0745 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S CARRIE              37.32N 83.03W
08/20/2014                   KNOTT              KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            A FOOT OF FLOWING WATER OVER HWY 1102 MONTGOMERY ROAD.

0745 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CARRIE                  37.33N 83.03W
08/20/2014                   KNOTT              KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODING A TRAILER ON LICK
            BRANCH ROAD. REPORT FROM PHOTO POSTED TO WYMT FACEBOOK
            PAGE.

0745 PM     FLOOD            WOOTON                  37.18N 83.30W
08/20/2014                   LESLIE             KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            HWY 1807 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM WOOTON CREEK
            COVERING ROADWAY.

0745 PM     FLOOD            CUTSHIN                 37.09N 83.26W
08/20/2014                   LESLIE             KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            BRIDGES WASHED OUT ALONG POLLS CREEK STRANDING PEOPLE
            CREEK SIDE.

0745 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CHAVIES                 37.35N 83.35W
08/20/2014                   PERRY              KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODING PROPERTY AT DAVIDSON
            CHURCH. REPORT FROM VIDEO POSTED TO WYMT FACEBOOK PAGE.

0800 PM     FLASH FLOOD      KRYPTON                 37.31N 83.34W
08/20/2014                   PERRY              KY   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN THE BIG WILLARD SCHOOL DUE
            TO FLASH FLOODING.

0800 PM     DEBRIS FLOW      1 E LAMONT              37.35N 83.30W
08/20/2014                   PERRY              KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSED HOME TO SLIDE DOWN HILL IN THE
            GRAPEVINE COMMUNITY OF PERRY COUNTY. REPORT FROM WYMT
            NEWS WEBSITE.

0800 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CARRIE                  37.33N 83.03W
08/20/2014                   KNOTT              KY   PUBLIC

            TROUBLESOME CREEK WAS REPORTED TO HAVE WENT OUT OF ITS
            BANKS IN THE CARRIE AREA. THIS IS A PUBLIC REPORT VIA
            SOCIAL MEDIA.

0900 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BULAN                   37.30N 83.17W
08/20/2014                   PERRY              KY   911 CALL CENTER

            FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG BULAN HINER ROAD AT 9
            PM.

0900 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HINDMAN                 37.33N 82.98W
08/20/2014                   KNOTT              KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            THE BALL CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ASSISTED SEVERAL
            FAMILIES THAT WERE TRAPPED BY FLOOD WATERS IN THEIR HOMES
            NEAR HWY 550 IN HINDMAN BETWEEN 830 AND 900 PM THIS
            EVENING.

0930 PM     FLOOD            2 NW HAZARD             37.27N 83.22W
08/20/2014                   PERRY              KY   911 CALL CENTER

            FLOOD WATERS WERE UP TO THE DOORS OF CARS ALONG OLD
            HIGHWAY 80 WEST NEAR COMBS.

1000 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CARRIE                  37.33N 83.03W
08/20/2014                   KNOTT              KY   PUBLIC

            TROUBLESOME CREEK IN THE CARRIE AREA WAS STILL REPORTED
            TO BE OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODING NEARBY AREAS.

1057 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WOOTON                  37.18N 83.30W
08/20/2014                   LESLIE             KY   911 CALL CENTER

            KENTUCKY HIGWAY 80 AND WOOTEN ROAD ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
            WATER FROM WOOTON CREEK.

&&

JVM
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 3:00 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
300 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

KYZ059-060-106-108-211930-
MENIFEE-POWELL-MORGAN-WOLFE-
300 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
THROUGH 330 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

   MENIFEE...
   MORGAN...
   NORTHEASTERN POWELL AND
   NORTHERN WOLFE.

AT 259 PM EDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS
LOCATED NEAR FAGAN...OR NEAR FRENCHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...FRENCHBURG
AROUND 305 PM EDT...MARIBA AROUND 310 PM EDT...DENNISTON AROUND 315
PM EDT...WELLINGTON AROUND 320 PM EDT...AND EZEL AROUND 325 PM EDT.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN
ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...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.

&&

LAT...LON 3796 8310 3784 8315 3782 8318 3782 8321
      3777 8327 3775 8325 3772 8326 3786 8388
      3791 8380 3791 8378 3793 8377 3802 8362
      3801 8361 3801 8358 3804 8357
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 283DEG 24KT 3792 8368

GREIF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 8:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike4 hr
Aug 21, 12:51 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLLeslie3 hr
Aug 21, 12:56 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLKnott3 hr
Aug 21, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMenifee, Morgan30 min
Aug 21, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Powell and 1 more30 min
Aug 21, 3:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell2 hr
Aug 21, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Breathitt, Elliott, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 3 more4 hr
Aug 21, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Floyd, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin and 3 more31 min
Aug 21, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Lee, Magoffin and 4 more28 min
Aug 21, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike33 min
Aug 21, 4:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Perry3 hr
Aug 21, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Martin, Perry, Pike33 min
Aug 21, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Leslie, Owsley31 min
Aug 21, 4:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Estill, Lee, Owsley, Perry, Powell and 1 more2 hr
Aug 21, 4:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLPike3 hr
Aug 21, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike44 min
Aug 21, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnott, Letcher, Pike28 min
Aug 21, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Laurel, Leslie, Perry24 min
Aug 21, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher26 min
Aug 21, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLHarlan, Leslie43 min
Aug 21, 7:41 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLLee13 hr
Aug 21, 7:41 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.