1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 24, 2:32 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 232 PM EST THU JAN 24 2002 18Z SFC CHART HAS SFC FRONT THRU ALL BUT OUR ERN MOST COUNTIES. RAIN STILL FALLING OVER MOST OF THE CWFA WITH THE HEAVIEST FALLING ALONG THE TN BORDER. 88D MOSAIC INDICATES MORE PCPN ACROSS TN AND THE NRN GULF STATES WITH A WAVE ON THE FNT NEAR JACKSON MS. MOISTURE OVER RUNNING THE FNT MOVING N THRU WRN TN. THIS WAVE ALSO EVIDENT ON THE 85H UA CHART WITH A STRONG (30-40 KT) JET FROM THE SW PUSHING COPIOUS GULF MOISTURE OVER THE FNT. ALTHOUGH THE FNT APPEARS TO CONTINUE MOVING TO THE SE THE LLVL JET WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT MOISTURE ACROSS THE FNT AND THEREFORE ALSO RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN THE VCNTY OF THE LOW THAT IS TRACKING NE ALONG THE BAROCLINIC ZONE. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH FNTL POSITIONING...HOWEVER MESO-ETA HAS THE BEST DEPICTION OF CURRENT AND PAST PCPN PATTERNS. THIS MODEL KEEPS CHC OF PCPN ACROSS OUR SRN AND ERN COUNTIES UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE DAWN. QPF APPEARS TO BE DOWN AND ESTIMATING .25 TO .50 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN OVER THE NEXT 15 TO 18 HRS. OUR ERN COUNTIES NORTH OF THE MTN PARKWAY WERE NOT INUNDATED LAST NIGHT AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD THE PCPN...AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FFG. NEXT CHC OF PCPN ENTERS THE PICTURE MON NIGHT THRU WED MORNING. SEE NO MAJOR CHACGES TO TEMP FCST AND WILL ONLY PROVIDE MINOR TWEAKS. IFPS/NDFD GRIDS: USED M-ETA FOR POP IN NEAR-TERM AND ADJUSTED WX TO MATCH POPS BETWEEN MON NITE AND WED MORN. LEFT REST CLOSE TO PREVIOUS FCST. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR SRN CWA AS MOST OF THE CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE AREA ARE AT OR NEAR BANKFULL. PRELIMINARY CCF FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES. CALLS WELCOME. WORK ZONES /SDFOZFJKL/ OUT SHORTLY. CCF LOZ EB 048/027 058/038 062 22611 JKL EB 047/031 058/035 062 22511 .JKL...FLOOD WATCH FOR KYZ079-080-083>088-115>118 UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY. DUSTY
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Wendover Road was impassable due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5279543.