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 Jun 7, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 245 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2001 UPPER PATTERN DOES NOT SEEM TO BE TRANSLATING TO THE EAST VERY MUCH AS HEIGHT RISES OR FALLS ARE NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE ACROSS THE CONUS. REMAINS OF ALLISON EVIDENT IN THE SOUTHERN GULF. MODELS ARE INITIALIZING GENERALLY WELL AND IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHWARD SAGGING FRONT AND SURFACE HIGH BUILDING BEHIND. FA MAY EXPERIENCE SOME LINGERING RAIN EARLY TONIGHT AS FRONT IS NOT MOVING AS QUICKLY TO THE SOUTH AS EARLIER FORECASTS BY MODELS. LOOKS LIKE FORECAST WILL REMAIN DRY AFTER TONIGHT UNTIL A COLD FRONT FINALLY APPROACHES MID WEEK. SLIDING ANY PRECIP MENTIONING UNTIL WED. WILL PROBABLY LET URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY EXPIRE AT 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON AS FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH...BUT WILL KEEP MONITORING AS FRONT SEEMS TO BE MOVING SLOWER THAN ORIGINALLY EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY CONTINUE U AND SS ADV THIS EVENING. .JKL...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY THROUGH 5 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL FA INCLUDING...KYC011-025-065-071-119-129-131-133-153-165- 173-175-193-195-197-237-072100-. HEINLEIN
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused water to flood several roadways. U.S. Route 460 was closed to traffic as water flowed over the road. The road was reopened a short time later.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 2001
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