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 15, 3:15 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 415 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 UPPER LEVEL TROUGH STILL OVER CENTRAL CONUS. BOUNDARY IS STILL IN THE VICINITY...NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. RADAR IS LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE WITH PLENTY OF CONVECTION IN A TROPICAL-TYPE AIRMASS. DO NOT SEE ANY REASON THAT WE WILL NOT CONTINUE TO HAVE LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL PERIODS WITH THE FRONT NEARBY. NOT MUCH MORE TO MENTION UNTIL FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. WIND PROFILE IS WEAK...PWS HIGH...BOUNDARY NEARBY...AND DECENT WAVES OF MID-LEVEL ENERGY WILL COMBINE TO GIVE US A CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL PERIODS. THEREFORE HAVE EXTENDED FFA FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. ENSEMBLES ARE PUSHING FRONT THROUGH BY FRIDAY/SATURDAY FINALLY. WILL CONTINUE THE DRY FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND...DESPITE GFS TRYING TO BRING IN SOME QPF ON SUNDAY WITH WAA. .JKL...FFA ALL COUNTIES THROUGH 6 AM. HEINLEIN -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1158 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 MIDMORNING LULL IN SHOWER ACTIVITY...BUT RADAR SHOWS COVERAGE CURRENTLY INCREASING. RUC AND MESOETA SHOW FAIRLY STATIONARY PATTERN ACROSS FA IN SHORT TERM...WITH IMPULSES PUSHING OUT OF WEAK SOUTHWEST FLOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS NOT EXPECTED TO BE ESPECIALLY HEAVY...BUT WITH GROUND ALREADY SATURATED EFFICIENT RUNOFF CAN BE EXPECTED. WILL THEREFORE LET FLOOD WATCH CONTINUE TO RIDE. FLASH FLOOD WARNING CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PIKE COUNTY. HIGH POPS IN MORNING PACKAGE LOOK GOOD. UPDATE REQUIRED THOUGH TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING...OTHERWISE ONLY ADJUSTMENT NEEDED IS TO NORTHERN ZONES TO LOWER AFTERNOON TEMPS A CATEGORY. .JKL...FFA FOR ALL COUNTIES. MCLANE -------------------------------------------------------------------- PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW -------------------------------------------------------------------- 304 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 CURRENT SFC MAP FEATURES STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST NORTH OF OUR AREA. THIS BOUNDARY ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL WEAK UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT HAS BEEN A NEMESIS THE PAST FEW DAYS. CONVECTION IS STILL CURRENTLY ONGOING IN OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY NUDGING SOUTHWARD OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. PWS CONTINUE TO RUN VERY HIGH AND WITH SATURATED GROUND FROM PREVIOUS RAINS AND EVEN WEAKER STEERING WINDS PROGGED FOR TODAY...FEEL THAT FLOOD WATCH IS NECESSARY FOR ALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WHILE A FEW COUNTIES HAVE ESCAPED SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL...WOULD RATHER PLAY IT SAFE AND COVER ALL THE BASES TODAY...AS ANY PARTICULAR AREA COULD EASILY EXCEED FFG VALUES WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS. MONDAY INVOLVES MORE OF THE SAME...WITH MAIN ORGANIZED AREAS OF CONVECTION FOLLOWING THE LUMBERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WILL VARY POPS FROM LOW CHANCE IN THE NORTH...TO LIKELY IN THE SOUTH. TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY LOOKS INTERESTING AS GFS DEVELOPS A CUTOFF 5H LOW WHICH HELPS INITIATE SOME DECENT ASCENT. 850 MB WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS AND LOW PRESSURE HELPS BRING EXISTING FRONTAL BOUNDARY BACK NORTH. ETA DOESNT DEVELOP THE 5H LOW AS MUCH AND ALSO CARRIES IT FURTHER SOUTH. GFS HAS PRETTY GOOD ORGANIZED SHOTS OF PRECIPITATION AS WAVES RIDE ALONG THE FRONT. THIS WOULD ONLY AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY TOUCHY HYDRO SITUATION. WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST...HOWEVER THIS SCENARIO BARES WATCHING AS IT UNFOLDS. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1045 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 EVENING UPDATE. NOT TOO MANY CHANGES MADE TO GRIDS SO FOR UPDATE IFPS WILL DO ALL OF THE WORK. HAVE ADDED PATCHY FOG. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. OUDEMAN
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-161100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 344 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIATE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUND CAUSED BY PREVIOUS RAINS...THIS POSES A FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WHILE NONE ARE EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS AT THIS TIME...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FLASH FLOODING WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO PASS ALONG ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GEOGERIAN/MCLANE
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1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Six inches of water were flowing across Kentucky Highway 1999.
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