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 May 2, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 330 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUES ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WILL CLEAR AREA TONIGHT...WITH DRY AND COOLER WEATHER FOR FRIDAY. FRONT WILL STALL OUT TO OUR SOUTH AND SHORT WAVE MOVING EAST OUT OF MS VALLEY WILL INDUCE SFC WAVE ALONG FRONT. OVERRUNNING PCPN ON TAP FOR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY WITH BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN OVER SRN PART OF CWFA. THE SHORT WAVE MOVES RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY WITH DRY WEATHER BRIEFLY RETURNING FOR SUNDAY. CHC OF TSTMS FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. .JKL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SRN 1/2 OF AREA UNTIL 8 PM . SBH
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding from heavy rains caused part of Morris Fork Road to break off.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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