1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 29, 9:50 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1050 AM EDT WED AUG 29 2001 FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHES ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA PER MSAS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SCATTERED PRECIP TO REDEVELOP AS SURFACE HEATING INCREASES. THUS 30 PERCENT POP APPEARS APPROPRIATE. TEMPS ARE ON TRACK PER LAMP GUIDANCE. WILL UPDATE ZONE TO REMOVE MORNING FOG... OTHERWISE WILL LEAVE AS IS. .JKL...NONE. LCM
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains brought nearly a foot of water over Highway 399. The road was closed until the water receded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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