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 Aug 3, 1:45 AM EST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 245 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003 LATEST WATER VAPOR SAT PICS ONCE AGAIN SHOW PERSISTENT UPPER LOW SPINNING NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...AND THIS MORNING/S FORECAST CONCERNS ARE AGAIN TIMING PCPN CHANCES WITH ASSOCIATED JET STEAKS/IMPULSES ROTATING AROUND THIS LOW. GFS AND ETA PROVIDE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THIS UPPER LOW...WITH THE GFS OPENING UP THE LOW AND SWINGING TROF AXIS THROUGH OUR AREA MONDAY NIGHT...WHILE THE ETA KEEPS THE LOW CLOSED A LITTLE LONGER AND IS SLOWER WITH THE UPPER TROF PASSAGE. THE GFS HAS SHOWN A BETTER RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY...BUT WITH UPPER JET ENERGY STILL PROGGED TO BE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE TROF...SLOWER/STRONGER ETA SOLUTION CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. FOR THIS FORECAST...USED A BLEND OF THE GFS/ETA FOR TIMING OF UPPER TROF PASSAGE. FOR TODAY...WATCHING NEXT SHORTWAVE ROTATE THROUGH SRN IL ATTM. GFS/ETA AGREE THAT THIS WAVE AND ASSOCIATED UPPER DIVERGENCE SWING THROUGH TO THE NORTH EARLY IN THE DAY. AS A RESULT...PLACED HIGHEST POPS EARLY TODAY. WITH SOME SUN EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON...LEANED TOWARD WARMER FWC GUIDANCE VALUES FOR HIGHS TODAY. LOWERED POPS TO CHANCE CATEGORY TONIGHT...AS BEST JET DYNAMICS APPEAR TO REMAIN TO OUR NORTH AND WEST. HOWEVER...BEST CHANCE OF PCPN MAY BE ON MONDAY...WITH MAIN UPPER TROF AXIS PUSHES INTO CENTRAL KY BY 00Z/TUES UNDER GOOD UPPER DIVERGENCE. AS A RESULT...INCREASED POPS IN THE NORTHWEST ZONES FOR MONDAY. WITH UNCERTAINTY OF THE TIMING OF THE UPPER TROF PASSAGE...KEPT CHANCE POPS LINGERING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. DROPPED POPS DOWN TO SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE WESTERN ZONES ON TUESDAY WITH UPPER TROF AXIS AND ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL COOL POOL WELL TO OUR EAST. .JKL...NONE. HYSELL --------------------------------------------------------------------- PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1024 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003 EARLIER CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...SHOWERS HAVE MOVED INTO/DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWA RECENTLY DUE TO INCREASING UPPER DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF 300 MB JET STREAK TO OUR NW. NOT MUCH LIGHTNING NOW...SO NOT REAL SURE THERE WILL BE MUCH IN THE WAY OF THUNDER...BUT THERE SHOULD BE DECENT COVERAGE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT GIVEN DEGREE OF MOISTURE (PWS OF 1.6 TO 1.7 PER ILN AND BNA 0Z SOUNDING DATA) AND UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS. LOW TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S LOOK ON TRACK. THEREFORE...NO UPDATE IS PLANNED. PELTON --------------------------------------------------------------------- 316 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003 CURRENT SAT AND RADAR PICS INDICATE COMPLEX OF STORMS OFF TO THE WEST IN RESPONSE TO S/W SPAWNED FROM OUR FAVORITE UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINNING ITS WHEELS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. STORMS ARE POPPING UP IN FRONT OF IT...ALTHOUGH NOTHING HAS BEEN PUSHING SEVERE LIMITS. WET BULBS ARE PRETTY HIGH AND FLOW RELATIVELY UNIDIRECTIONAL. THIS COMPLEX WILL WORK IN BY SUNSET. WHILE MODELS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM...TIMING OF EMBEDDED WAVES AND JET STREAKS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC. GENERAL CONSENSUS OF ANOTHER MCS PROGGED TO IMPACT US AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS FAVORABLE DIVERGENT REGION OCCURS AS NEXT INCOMING JET STREAK PULLS OUT. HAVE INCLUDE LIKELY POPS FOR TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. SOME HEAVIER RAINERS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY AS DEEP MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT...HOWEVER WITH GUIDANCE VALUES NOT IN TOO MUCH TROUBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA...FEEL THAT ANY HYDRO PROBLEMS WILL BE ISOLATED AND THEREFORE WILL NOT HAVE A FLOOD WATCH GOING. 5H LOW WILL SPIN SOUTHWARD AND BRING MORE EMBEDDED WAVES TOWARDS US. TIMING OF THESE WILL BE KEY. DECIDED TO GO WITH PERSISTENCE AND KEPT 40 POPS GOING FOR MONDAY AND TRENDED BACK TO 30 POP FOR THE MID WEEK...AS UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS SLACKEN. WENT AHEAD AND INSERTED A SLIGHT CHANCE POP FOR FRIDAY AS TROUGH AXIS DOES REMAIN IN THE VICINITY. GEOGERIAN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1045 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003 14Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE OVER WISCONSIN WITH A COLD FRONT STRETCHING SOUTHWEST INTO THE PLAINS AND A WARM FRONT WELL NORTH OF THE OHIO VALLEY. SOUTH OF THIS...THE DYING REMAINS OF THE EARLIER MCS HAS LEFT A BOUNDARY THROUGH EAST KENTUCKY WITH ANOTHER MCS SLOWLY INBOUND FROM THE WEST. ON SATELLITE THE EARLIER CLEARING IN THE WAKE OF THE MCS HAS STARTED TO SELF DESTRUCT WITH CU FILLING THE HOLES. TEMPS ARE OFF TO A SLOW START WITH THE EARLIER RAIN AND CLOUDS...BUT SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM REACHING THEIR HIGHS. THE NEXT SHORTWAVE...AND REMAINS OF THE CURRENT MCS...WILL BE APPROACHING DURING THE EVENING AND LIKELY PROVIDE ANOTHER ROUND OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION. IN THE MEANTIME...THE DIURNAL TREND WILL DOMINATE FOR THE AFTERNOON SO WILL UPDATE TO BRING POPS BACK TO THE CHANCE CATEGORY AND TINKER WITH CLOUD COVER IN THE GRIDS. UPDATES TO THE GRIDS...GRAPHICS AND TEXT PRODUCTS OUT SHORTLY. GREIF ---------------------------------------------------------------------
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-041000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 420 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED ALL OF EASTERN KENTUCKY UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND OHIO THIS MORNING. THIS FEATURE WILL HELP INCREASE THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND HAILSTONES TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL END LATE THIS MORNING...BEFORE ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL ENTER THE AREA TONIGHT...AND BRING ANOTHER COMPLEX OF STORMS TO EASTERN KENTUCKY. AGAIN...ANY SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND HAILSTONES THE SIZE OF PENNIES BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS ON MONDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL GREATER THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED ON MONDAY. HYSELL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
803 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0707 AM LONDON KY FLASH FLOODS
08/03/03 LAUREL DISPATCH REPORTS WATER
DEEP ENOUGH TO MOVE CARS ON
SEVEN SCHOOL ROAD. ONE FOOT
OF WATER IN BASEMENT AND
AROUND HOME ON VALLEY LANE
OFF HWY 1006. FOOT AND A
HALF OF WATER ACROSS MILL
STREET BETWEEN 5TH AND 7TH
STREETS.
DBSThe Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:28 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two people were trapped in their house by a flooded creek, and were rescued by helicopter. There was also flash flooding reported on Lacey Fork in Burdine Valley.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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