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 Jul 20, 2:20 AM EST, 7 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 320 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2002 06Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. A SLOWLY SINKING FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONNECTS THESE TWO CURRENTLY LYING JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...HOWEVER... YOU HAVE TO GO UP INTO MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS TO SEE DEWPOINTS LOWER THAN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE SOUTH OF THIS FRONT...LIKEWISE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME LOW AND MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS. THE MODELS ARE IN BROAD AGREEMENT ALOFT FINALLY SHIFTING THE PESKY UPPER LOW EAST TODAY AS THE WESTERLIES PUSH THE NORTHEAST TROUGH OFF SHORE. WEAK RIDGING THEN MOVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BEFORE IT TOO SUCCUMBS TO THE NEXT RIPPLE IN THE JET STREAM MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES LATE MONDAY. THIS TROUGH WILL BUILD SOUTHEAST BY MIDWEEK WHILE STRONG RIDGING REASSERTS ITSELF OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. FOR SENSIBLE WEATHER...THE WEAK FRONT WILL PRESS SOUTH TODAY INTO A JUICY AIR MASS THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...AT THE TIME OF PEAK HEATING THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A DRIER COLUMN OF AIR WITH PWS DROPPING BELOW 1.5 INCHES. WILL NOT LIMIT THE CHANCES TO THE MORNING...ALTHOUGH WILL PLACE LOWER POPS NORTH FOR THE WHOLE DAY. DRIER AIR IN PLACE AND A DEVELOPING MID LEVEL CAP WILL KEEP POPS IN CHECK THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES. BY THAT TIME...TUESDAY...WE WILL HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REMOISTEN AND AT LEAST CHANCE POPS LOOK IN ORDER. WILL NOT BITE ON THE CLEAN FROPA PORTRAYED IN THE AVN FOR MIDWEEK...YET. TEMPERATURES SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL APPROACH 90 DEGREES THANKS TO DRIER AIR AND FEWER CLOUDS MORE NORMAL READINGS FOLLOW FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. NGM AND AVN MOS ARE SIMILAR WITH RESPECT TO TEMPERATURES. WILL USE A BLEND. ON POPS...PREFER THE WETTER AVN FOR TODAY WITH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND DRY. AS FOR GFE/IFPS: STANDARD LOAD OF MESOETA TEMPS/WINDS THROUGH 60 HOURS THEN TWEAKING OF THE REST...DRIER/CLEARER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING THAN PREVIOUS PACKAGE. WORK ZONES AVAILABLE BEFORE TOO LONG UNDER THE AFOS PRODUCT SDFOZFJKL. PRELIMINARY CCF: LOZ EB 085/067 090/068 090 311-2 JKL EB 084/069 090/070 090 4---1 .JKL...NONE. GREIF PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW: =================================================================== 930 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002 ...FORECAST ISSUES... CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG AND AHEAD OF OUTFLOW FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION IN OHIO. THIS HANDLED WELL BY THE MESO ETA. TOO MANY BOUNDARIES TO RULE OUT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT. FEEL THAT THE CURRENT FORECAST ON TRACK. FOR NOW WILL NOT PLAN ON UPDATE TO THE FORECAST. .JKL...NONE. LEWIS =================================================================== 232 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002 ...FORECAST ISSUES... PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN THE EARLY PART OF THE SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) AND ITS EFFECTS ON TEMPS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. ALSO PRECIP CHANCES ON MONDAY ARE IN QUESTION AS WELL. ...MODELS/ZFP... MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE WEATHER PATTERN IN THE SHORT TERM. MODELS NOW COMING INTO AGREEMENT WITH PUSHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. FORECAST CONCERNS RIGHT NOW ARE RAIN CHANCES THIS EVENING AND FOR SATURDAY. HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE RADAR THIS AFTERNOON AND IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CWA THIS EVENING. INITIALLY THOUGHT ABOUT A 40 POP ACROSS THE BOARD...BUT NOW PLANNING ON GOING WITH 40 POPS NORTH AND 30 POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE RADAR AND IF THINGS START TO FILL IN WILL ADJUST POPS UPWARD ACROSS THE SOUTH. FOR SATURDAY...PLAN ON JUST INVERTING POPS (40 SOUTH AND 30 NORTH) AS BOUNDARY PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. SHOULD SEE SOME PARTIAL CLEARING SAT NIGHT AND THEN A PARTLY SUNNY AND VERY WARM DAY FOR SUNDAY. FWC/MAV/MEX GUIDANCE NOT IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THIS GO AROUND. AT THIS TIME...PLAN ON STAYING CLOSER TO MAV NUMBERS...BUT A MAV/FWC BLEND WILL BE USED TOWARD THE END OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. ...EXTENDED... AGAIN NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE EXTENDED. NEW 00Z RUN FROM THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO SHOW RELATIVELY PROGRESSIVE FLOW ACROSS THE CONUS WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OUT OVER THE WEST. SEVERAL H5 WAVES ARE FORECAST TO SCOOT ALONG IN THE MEAN FLOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED...ALTHOUGH TIMING OF EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE IS IN QUESTION. AT THE SURFACE...WAVY FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO SETTLE SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH MIDWEEK. BOUNDARY LOOKS TO BE SOUTH OF KY BY THURSDAY...WITH ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAKING ITS WAY TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY BY FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG WITH UPPER LEVEL WAVES PASSING BY WILL LIKELY YIELD A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. NO BIG DIFFERENCES IN TEMPERATURES FROM YESTERDAYS RUN. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE SLIGHTLY COOLER FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DUE CLOUDS AND RAIN WITH SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE AREA. TEMPS THEN LOOK TO MODERATE TOWARDS WEEKS END. ...IFPS/GRIDS... DATABASE IN GOOD SHAPE. DID THE USUAL RELOAD OF ONE HOUR T/TD, WINDS FROM THE MESO ETA. ONLY MINOR TWEAKS DONE TO EXISTING DATABASE TO REFLECT ABOVE THOUGHTS AND UPCOMING FORECAST. ...PRELIM NUMBERS... LOZ 68/85 67/89 3412 JKL 67/84 68/89 4311 .JKL...NONE JARVIS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of driveway bridges were washed out along Bear Branch Creek near Kentucky Highway 30 and Kentucky Highway 1090. Also, two feet of water was flowing over Kentucky Highway 30, one mile south of Kentucky Highway 460.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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