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 Jun 14, 12:17 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 117 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 FORECAST FOCUS REMAINS RAIN CHANCES...THREAT OF ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AS NOTED IN THE PMDHMD THE ETA AND GFS INITIALZED BETTER THAN THE NGM. THE NGM CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST AGRESSIVE WITH PUSHING THE COLD FRONT SOUTH THROUGH OUR AREA. NGM IS LEAST LIKELY OF ALL SOLUTIONS...AND WILL BE DISREGARDED. ETA STILL THE SLOWEST WITH FRONTAL MOVEMENT. AT 12Z SUNDAY ALL 3 MODELS SHOW SFC WAVE ALONG FRONT NEAR BOWLING GREEN KY. ETA SEEMS TO HANDLE THIS FEATURE BEST AND IN MOST CONSISTENT MANNER AS IT MOVES IT EAST ALONG QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. GFS TRIES TO DRIVE LOW AND FRONT SOUTHEAST. LITTLE IN THE UPPER AIR FLOW TO SUPPORT SOUTHWARD PUSH OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND FEEL ETA IS BEST SOLUTION. WITH THIS IN MIND...THE SFC FRONT SHOULD REMAIN IN OUR VICINITY INTO THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. EVEN THOUGH THE FRONT IS WEAK IT SHOULD SERVE AS FOCUS FOR LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IN OUR CWA. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AVAILABLE THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES. EVEN AT 00Z TUESDAY THE FRONT LOOKS TO BE NEAR OR JUST TO THE SOUTH OF CWFA. PRECIPITABLE WATER OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES REMAINS IN PLACE OVER AREAS THROUGH 60 HOURS. DECREASING WIND PROFILE FROM TODAY INTO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY DECREASES SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BUT INCREASES FLASH FLOOD THREAT AS STORMS WILL BECOME SLOWER IN MOVEMENT OVER TIME. AT THIS TIME WILL HOLD OFF ON FLASH FLOOD WATCH...BUT MAY STILL ISSUE ONE THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE EXTENDED THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO BE A DAILY THREAT UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK. .JKL...NONE. SBH ---------------------------------------------------------------- PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:33 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
About 500 feet of Blaze Road (Kentucky Highway 3420) was flooded from a nearby small creek.
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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