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 Jun 14, 3:28 AM EST, 8 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 428 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 JUST WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE DRY WEATHER IS GETTING CLOSE...THE PROSPECTS BEGIN TO FADE. LATEST MODELS RUNS ARE NOT AS AGGRESSIVE AT BRINGING IN THE DRIER AIR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. POPS WERE THE CHALLENGE IN THIS PACKAGE. WITH SOME MEAGER UPPER AIR SUPPORT AND THE COLD FRONT ITSELF APPROACHING...WILL USE LIKELY POPS FOR TODAY AS SUGGESTED BY ALL GUIDANCE. BEYOND TODAY...THERE IS NOT GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE MODELS ON EXACTLY WHERE THE FRONT WILL PROGRESS TO. THE NGM IS MOST AGGRESSIVE AT PUSHING THE FRONT SOUTH...THE ETA IS LEAST AGGRESSIVE...WHILE THE GFS TRIES TO TAKE IT SOUTH BUT LEAVES BEHIND AN INVERTED TROUGH STRUCTURE. THE GIST OF IT ALL IS THAT THE FRONT WILL TRY MAKE THE JUMP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...BUT WILL HAVE TROUBLE SCOURING OUT OUR MOIST AIR MASS. THE ETA MOS GIVES THE HIGHEST POPS...BUT FOR THE SAKE OF CONSISTENCY...DO NOT WANT TO MAKE AS BIG OF A CHANGE AS IT SUGGESTS. WILL GO WITH NUMBERS CLOSER TO THE LOWER NGM AND GFS POPS. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER STILL RUNNING HIGH...THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM STORMS. THINK THAT THE SEVERE THREAT IS AGAIN FAIRLY LIMITED DUE TO WEAK/NEAR MOIST ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES AND LACK OF STRONG FLOW ALOFT. ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY TO BE ISOLATED AND DEPENDENT ON THE DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION. .JKL...NONE. HAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1000 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2003 PCPN IS JUST ABOUT OVER FOR NOW IN CWFA. HOWEVER NEXT WAVE SHOULD SWEEP IN AROUND DAWN SO WILL NOT LOWER POPS FOR NOW. WILL RAISE MIN TEMPS AS CURRENT DWPTS ARE RUNNING BETWEEN 67 TO 70 AREA WIDE. NEW GRIDS OUT SOON. DUSTY --------------------------------------------------------------------- 300 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2003 CLOUDS AND LACK OF FOCUSING MECHANISM HAVE LIMITED CONVECTION IN ERN KY TODAY. MAIN CONVECTION IS IN INDIANA AND IL. THIS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SFC FRONT AND THE THE MID/UPPER TROF OVER THE MID MS VALLEY WHICH IS WELL DEPICTED ON LATEST SATELLITE LOOPS. LOOK FOR THIS CONVECTION TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING...AS UPPER LEVEL SPEED MAX MOVES INTO WRN KY TONIGHT. REMAINS OF THIS CONVECTION MAY MOVE INTO WESTERN PART OF OUR CWA LATE TONIGHT BUT IT LOOKS TO DIMINISH BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WILL FOLLOW THIS IDEA WITH BEST POPS TONIGHT IN W TO NW PART OF FORECAST AREA. AS THE SHORT WAVE MOVES EAST WILL SEE SFC LOW ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE OH VALLEY MOVE EAST ALSO. SFC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS CWA ON SATURDAY. MAIN DIFFERENCE FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST IS THE SLOWER MOVEMENT DEPICTED BY BOTH THE GFS AND ETA. WHILE ANY CONVECTION THAT MAKES IT INTO OUR AREA TONIGHT WILL BE DECREASING BY MORNING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT IN SERN KY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN FAR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST CWA WITH SLOWER FRONTAL MOVEMENT. SBH
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-151100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 621 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THEY COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH A THREAT OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. ALTHOUGH STORMS WITH HAIL OR HIGH WINDS CAN NOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT...THEY ARE NOT LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. AT THIS POINT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THIS TIME FRAME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO PASS ALONG ANY REPORTS OF HAIL...WIND DAMAGE...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HAL
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Kentucky Highway 11 was blocked by high water. Beech Creek Road was flooded. Six inches of water were flowing over the city streets of Manchester. Four feet of water covered the city park. Also, there was flooding in City Hall.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 2003
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