Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Jackson, KY

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WGUS73 KJKL 052203
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
603 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

KYC147-199-231-060130-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-150806T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE KY-PULASKI KY-MCCREARY KY-
603 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE...SOUTH CENTRAL PULASKI AND MCCREARY
COUNTIES...

AT 559 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAD NO REPORTS OF ONGOING 
FLOODING TO PASS ALONG. HOWEVER...THE WARNING AREA WAS HIT HARD WITH 
2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ANOTHER LINE OF 
HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE 
WARNING AREA OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN FROM 
THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RUNOFF AND POTENTIAL FLASH 
FLOODING. AS SUCH...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WHITLEY CITY...BEULAH HEIGHTS...CO-OPERATIVE...PINE KNOT...GREAT
MEADOWS CAMPSITES...DELTA...GREGORY...POWERSBURG...BARRIER...
DENNEY...MOUNT PISGAH...ROCKEYBRANCH...PARMLEYSVILLE...HIDALGO...
COOPERSVILLE...SLAVENS...BURFIELD...COOPER...GREENWOOD AND STEARNS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3660 8486 3661 8496 3663 8500 3666 8500
      3670 8502 3691 8469 3694 8439 3694 8432
      3683 8434 3681 8436 3674 8435 3659 8437

$$

JMW

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WGUS73 KJKL 052344
FFSJKL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
744 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

KYC147-199-231-052352-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-150806T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE KY-PULASKI KY-MCCREARY KY-
744 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE...SOUTH CENTRAL PULASKI
AND MCCREARY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO 
POSE A THREAT. ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH IN THE 
NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS...HOWEVER...DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO POSE ANY FURTHER 
CONCERNS AT THIS TIME.

LAT...LON 3660 8486 3661 8496 3663 8500 3666 8500
      3670 8502 3691 8469 3694 8439 3694 8432
      3683 8434 3681 8436 3674 8435 3659 8437

$$

JMW

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
300 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 300 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

STRAIGHT FORWARD FORECAST. MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL TRANSIT
THE REGION DURING THE SHORT TERM. AMPLE MOISTURE...A RELATIVELY
SLOW MOVING SFC SYSTEM...THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING AND OTHER
FAVORABLE HYDRO PARAMETERS INDICATE THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A
CONCERN TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY EVENING.

FIRST ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING FROM THE
WEST AS COMPLEX OF STORMS PASS THROUGH CENTRAL KY. CONVECTION HAS
FIRED OVER THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AS WELL AND HAS BEEN SHOWING
VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. SUBSTANTIAL HEATING CONTINUES TO
DESTABILIZE OUR BOUNDARY LAYER...BUT WITH A LACK OF SHEAR EXPECT
SEVERE POTENTIAL TO BE LIMITED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
JUST THE SAME COULD NOT RULE OUT A FEW STRONG STORMS AND MAYBE AN
ISOLD SEVERE STORM OR TWO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...
SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS.

HYDRO WILL BECOME AN INCREASING CONCERN AS PWATS CLIMB TONIGHT
AND STORM MOTION BEGINS TO SLACKEN...PARTICULARLY THURSDAY. PWATS
CLIMB TO NEAR 2 INCHES...STORM MOTION DROPS BELOW 10 KTS AND
FREEZING LEVELS HOVER AROUND 13K FT. TRAINING OF ANY STORM CELLS
WOULD ONLY ADD INSULT TO INJURY.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 527 AM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

THE MODELS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH A MODESTLY AMPLIFIED
LONG WAVE PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BEFORE THE PATTERN
SHARPENS UP MORE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE MAIN FEATURES OF INTEREST
WILL BE A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THAT WILL MOVE FROM THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST TO THE ARKLATEX REGION...BEFORE GRADUALLY
RETREATING BACK TO THE WEST ONCE AGAIN AND AMPLIFYING ACROSS THE
PLAINS. MEANWHILE...TROUGHING IN THE EASTERN CONUS WILL GRADUALLY
MOVE OFF THE COAST...BEFORE EVENTUALLY BEING REPLACED WITH A
DEEPER TROUGH AS A SHORT WAVE INTENSIFIES AS IT HEADS ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY REGIONS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. DETAILS ON HOW
ALL OF THIS PLAYS OUT STILL REMAIN UNCERTAIN...SO HAVE CONTINUED
TO STICK CLOSE TO THE BLENDED GUIDANCE APPROACH.

A TROUGH AXIS WILL BE SHIFTING THROUGH OUR AREA THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE
DECREASE...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. GENERALLY DRY WEATHER WILL
RESUME ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND...AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
BUILDS IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL THEN RETURN
FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS THE DEEPER TROUGHING SWINGS THROUGH THE
OHIO VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE NEAR NORMAL
THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH LOWER HUMIDITY ON THE HORIZON BY THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 127 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

MORNING FOG AND LOW STRATUS HAS FINALLY DISSIPATED. COMPLEX OF
STORMS CROSSING CENTRAL KY AND ACTIVITY DRIFTING NORTHWARD FROM
THE TN VALLEY WILL BRING THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO
THE FORECAST DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON TIME FRAME...
AFFECTING OUR SOUTHWESTERN MOST TERMINALS FIRST...THEN SPREADING
NORTHEAST. INCREASED COVERAGE WILL BEGIN LATER TONIGHT AS A STORM
SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. LOOK FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF
RAIN AND MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA AS A STORM SYSTEM
PASSES THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT
MAINLY LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT BECOMING MORE SOUTHWESTERLY THURSDAY.

&&

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

&&

SHORT TERM...RAY
LONG TERM...GEOGERIAN
AVIATION...RAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
501 AM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-061215-
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...CAMARGO...
JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...
IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...BRODHEAD...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...
MONTICELLO...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...
BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...
SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...
SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...BEATTYVILLE...
JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ...COAL RUN...
ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON
501 AM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL...INCREASING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. RAPID RISES
ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...AND THEN AGAIN ON SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING MAY PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL...INCREASING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. RAPID
RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF FLOODING THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

SHALLENBERGER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
243 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

KYZ083-084-051930-
WAYNE-MCCREARY-
243 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WAYNE...MCCREARY...

AT 243 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SLAVENS...OR 11 MILES
WEST OF WHITLEY CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITLEY CITY...BEULAH HEIGHTS...CO-OPERATIVE...PINE KNOT...GREAT
MEADOWS CAMPSITES...GREGORY...BARRIER...DENNEY...MOUNT PISGAH...
ROCKEYBRANCH...PARMLEYSVILLE...COOPERSVILLE...SLAVENS...BURFIELD...
COOPER...GREENWOOD...STEARNS...RITNER...WIBORG AND HOLLYHILL.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...WHICH WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3663 8483 3680 8488 3691 8439 3659 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 262DEG 11KT 3673 8468

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