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 Jan 24, 3:25 AM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 325 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS SFC WAVE JUST E OF PAH WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SW INTO E TX AND A WARM FRONT EXTENDING E ALONG THE OH RIVER TO NEAR CRW AND THEN S AND SW ALONG THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS INTO EAST TN AND NE GA. ANOTHER COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES INTO MO. AS THE FRONT AND SFC WAVE MOVE E WE EXPECT RAIN TO SPREAD BACK INTO ALL OF OUR CWA AFTER 9Z OR NEAR ZONE ISSUANCE TIME AS REGION GETS INTO RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF UPPER LEVEL JET. THAT COMBINED WITH CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT AND PWS FORECAST TO GET NEAR 1.4 WILL LEAD TO STRONG UVVS AND AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND EVEN SOME THUNDER AS LIS DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW 0 THIS AM. WILL GO WITH CATEGORICAL 100 POPS TODAY ALL ZONES AND MENTION RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES AND THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE HEALTHY SQUALL LINE OVER WESTERN KY MAY GET INTO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES BEFORE IT WEAKENS. WIND PROFILE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD IN FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND INSTABILITY IS THERE AS WELL. WILL GO CHANCE POPS THIS EVENING OVER THE W AND LIKELY E AND MENTION UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT AS SECONDARY FRONT AND 500 MB TROUGH PASSES AND LOW LEVEL FLOW BRIEFLY BECOMES UPSLOPE. HIGHS WILL DEFINITELY BE TRICKY TODAY AS HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MORNING OVER THE W. TEMPS BEHIND WARM FRONT ARE RANGING FROM THE MID 50S TO MID 60S. WILL PROBABLY WORD WESTERN ZONES WITH EARLY HIGHS AND THEN TEMPS FALLING PENDING OBS AT ISSUANCE TIME. GFE/IFPS GRIDS...ADJUSTED POPS UP FOR TONIGHT TO LOW LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN CWA AND UPPED POPS OVER THE W MAINLY FOR THIS EVENING. WILL STAY CLOSE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST IN THE REST OF THE GRIDS EXCEPT HIGHS FOR TODAY WERE UPPED A COUPLE OF DEGREES BASED ON LATEST OBS AND ALSO FOR THE TN BORDER COUNTIES ON FRI WHICH WERE UPPED A COUPLE OF DEGREES AS WELL. CURRENTLY THE KY AND UPPER CUMBERLAND BASINS ARE RUNNING A LITTLE HIGH. THE KY RIVER AT HEIDELBERG AND BOONEVILLE IS EXPECTED TO GO A BIT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON FRI...BUT ONLY MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED THERE...MAINLY LOW LYING AREAS. WORK ZONES WILL BE OUT AS SDFOZFJKL BY 415 AM. PRELIMINARY CCF LOZ WB 061/032 049/027 058 +4000 JKL WB 059/032 048/031 057 +4000 .JKL...FLOOD WATCH FOR ENTIRE CWA UNTIL 4 PM TODAY. PELTON
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:52 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Catrons Creek was out of its banks. Water was reported in four homes along Kentucky highway 72. Water also covered Kentucky highway 72 itself.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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