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 3, 2:37 PM EST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 337 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001 CURRENT UPSTREAM CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND CONVECTION OVER CWA IS NOT THAT IMPPRESSIVE AND WE WILL CANCEL THE KFLASH FLOOD WATCH. SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE...BUT IT WILL NOT POSE ANY WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS. .JKL...NONE PELTON/HEINLEIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two feet of water was flowing over Cow Creek Road along with several other roads near Kentucky Highway 52. One bridge leading to a house was completely covered in water.
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