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 17, 2:50 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 350 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 HAVE RECONSIDERED EXTENDING THE FFA. ONCE SUN SETS...THINGS SHOULD DIE OUT PRETTY QUICKLY...BUT SOME PRETTY GOOD CONVECTION STILL EXISTS AND JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE THIS EVENING...WILL GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THE FFA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...AND EVENING SHIFT CAN CANCEL IF NEEDED. .JKL...FFA FOR ENTIRE AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. HEINLEIN -------------------------------------------------------------------- PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW --------------------------------------------------------------------- 300 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 SURFACE CHART SHOWING SURFACE BOUNDARY STILL ACROSS THE CWA. SURFACE LOW LOCATED NEAR CINCINNATI. IN THE MEANTIME...A SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE SHORTWAVE SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH NORTHEAST OF THE AREA BY AFTER SUNSET. STILL HAVING BIG FLOODING PROBLEMS IN SEVERAL AREAS FROM RAIN OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. RADAR ALREADY SHOWING SHOWERS POPPING UP WITH INCREASED INSTABILITY AND EVEN MORE SHOULD KEEP POPPING AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO THE NORTHWEST MOVES CLOSER AND SOME SUN FILTERS IN. THIS SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS CLEARLY VISIBLE ON WATER VAPOR. AFTER SUNSET...WE SHOULD BECOME MORE STABLE AND ALSO LOSE MID-LEVEL SUPPORT. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MUCH MORE SPOTTY...AND ANY FLOODING WHICH MIGHT OCCUR WILL BE MUCH MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE. THEREFORE WILL LET THE FLOOD WATCH END AT 6 PM. STARTING FRIDAY...WILL HAVE A DRY FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED. VERY DRY AIR WORKING IN FINALLY...AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO INTRODUCE PRECIP FOR SEVERAL DAYS FOLLOWING. HEINLEIN --------------------------------------------------------------------- 719 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 FORECAST DISCUSSION IS DELAYED THIS MORNING DUE TO THE MORE URGENT MATTER OF FLASH FLOODING. 3 WARNINGS OUT AND 2 VERIFIED. SAME OLD SCENARIO TO START THE DAY TODAY...WITH MOISTURE ALL THE WAY TO THE STRATOSPHERE...AND A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE AREA. THE FLOODING RAINS IN THE NORTH WERE CAUSED BY RELATIVELY LOW TOPPED CONVECTION SET OFF AT THE TAIL OF A SHORT WAVE EVIDENCED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. ANOTHER LARGER WAVE IS ROTATING THROUGH THE MIDWEST IN THE NORTHERN STREAM. IT WILL BRING DRIER AIR IN AT THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS...WHICH WILL START TO LOWER OUR PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TODAY. THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN...AND MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE A GOOD BET. WITH FFG VALUES RUNNING GENERALLY A HALF INCH TO AN INCH IN AN HOUR AND FLOODING ONGOING...HAVE EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THE DAY. WILL LET DAY SHIFT EVALUATE THE THREAT FOR TONIGHT. TONIGHT THE SHORTWAVE SLIPS TO OUR EAST AND WE SHOULD SEE LESS IN THE WAY OF CONVECTION DURING THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING...SO WILL INSTABILITY...AND WILL CARRY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS UNTIL A SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT PASSES LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AFTER THIS...A BREATHER AS HIGH PRESSURE WITH MUCH DRIER AIR SHOULD BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH. HAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1008 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 IT APPEARS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY IS UNDER THE GUN FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINS/FLOODING OVERNIGHT. LATEST WATER VAPOR SAT PIX INDICATE A HEALTHY SHORTWAVE RIDING NORTHEAST THROUGH SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME INTO SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. 18Z MESOETA GENERATES LIFT ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...SO NEEDLESS TO SAY WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...ONLY CHANGES MADE TO THE ZONES WILL BE TO ADD MENTION OF FOG AS MOIST GROUND/LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOG TO QUICKLY FROM DURING BREAKS FROM PCPN. ALSO...CONVECTION OVERNIGHT MAY BE STRONGER THAN IN PREVIOUS NIGHT/S AS LAPS DATA INDICATES ELEVATED LI/S HAVE BEEN FALLING WITH TIME...WITH 850MB LI/S NOW BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. HYSELL
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-181100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 224 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS. PREVIOUS RAIN HAS SATURATED THE GROUND. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONALLY...THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AS WELL AS WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME NONE OF THESE ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO DIMINISH DURING THE PERIOD AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO PASS ALONG ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GEOGERIAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
150 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0645 AM MOREHEAD KY FLOOD
06/17/03 ROWAN MUDSLIDE HIGHWAY 173 AND
HIGHWAY 7. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
0908 AM UPPER SECOND CREEK KY FLOOD
06/17/03 PERRY 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
BETWEEN 0700 AND 0900 AM
WATER IN PEOPLES
YARDS.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0800 AM BULAN KY FLOOD
06/17/03 PERRY HIGHWAY 1096 AT BIG CREEK
ROAD HIGHWAY 451 AT BUSY
AND HIGHWAY 476 AT BULAN
UNDER WATER AND
MUSLIDES.REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
CMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
207 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0940 AM DORTON KY FLOOD
06/17/03 PIKE GREASY CREEK OUT OF BANKS.
FLOODING IN DORTON.
REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
CMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
212 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1002 AM HINDMAN KY FLOOD
06/17/03 KNOTT WATER FLOWING OVER ROUTE
160 SOUTH.REPORTED BY
RESCUE SQUAD.
CMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
225 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1002 AM HINDMAN KY FLOOD
06/17/03 KNOTT WATER FLOWING OVER ROUTE
160 SOUTH.REPORTED BY
RESCUE SQUAD.
0945 AM MARROW BONE KY FLOOD
06/17/03 PIKE WATER LOW LYING
AREAS.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.
1030 AM GREASY CREEK KY FLOOD
06/17/03 PIKE GREASY CREEK ROAD,
ROBINSON CREEK ROAD, AND
DRY CREEK ROAD IMPASSIBLE.
TWO FEET WATER IN GREASY
CREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT.
POSSIBLE HOUSE SLIDING OFF
FOUNDATION NEAR
VIRGIE.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
1045 AM GRETHEL KY FLOOD
06/17/03 FLOYD SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OVER
ROADWAY ON ROUTE 979. TWO
INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE
HOUR.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.
CMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
242 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1002 AM HINDMAN KY FLOOD
06/17/03 KNOTT WATER FLOWING OVER ROUTE
160 SOUTH.REPORTED BY
RESCUE SQUAD.
0945 AM MARROW BONE KY FLOOD
06/17/03 PIKE WATER LOW LYING
AREAS.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.
1030 AM GREASY CREEK KY FLOOD
06/17/03 PIKE GREASY CREEK ROAD,
ROBINSON CREEK ROAD, AND
DRY CREEK ROAD IMPASSIBLE.
TWO FEET WATER IN GREASY
CREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT.
POSSIBLE HOUSE SLIDING OFF
FOUNDATION NEAR
VIRGIE.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
1045 AM GRETHEL KY FLOOD
06/17/03 FLOYD SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OVER
ROADWAY ON ROUTE 979. TWO
INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE
HOUR.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.
1055 AM DRY CREEK KY FLOOD
06/17/03 KNOTT DRY CREEK AREA CLOSE TO
FLOYD LINE IS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0151 AM MCDOWELL KY FLOOD
06/17/03 FLOYD HIGHWAY 122 COMPLETELY
COVERED IN PLACES. HIGHWAY
979 COVERED IN WATER.
BASEMENT FLOODED. REPORTED
BY 24 HOUR POINT.
0155 AM 550 E&W HINDMAN KY FLOOD
06/17/03 KNOTT HIGHWAY 1088 COVERED BY
LOTTS CREEK AND YELLOW
CREEK.REPORTED BY 24 HOUR
SPOTTER.
CMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
245 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1002 AM HINDMAN KY FLOOD
06/17/03 KNOTT WATER FLOWING OVER ROUTE
160 SOUTH.REPORTED BY
RESCUE SQUAD.
0945 AM MARROW BONE KY FLOOD
06/17/03 PIKE WATER LOW LYING
AREAS.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.
1030 AM GREASY CREEK KY FLOOD
06/17/03 PIKE GREASY CREEK ROAD,
ROBINSON CREEK ROAD, AND
DRY CREEK ROAD IMPASSIBLE.
TWO FEET WATER IN GREASY
CREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT.
POSSIBLE HOUSE SLIDING OFF
FOUNDATION NEAR
VIRGIE.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
1045 AM GRETHEL KY FLOOD
06/17/03 FLOYD SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OVER
ROADWAY ON ROUTE 979. TWO
INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE
HOUR.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.
1055 AM DRY CREEK KY FLOOD
06/17/03 KNOTT DRY CREEK AREA CLOSE TO
FLOYD LINE IS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0151 AM MCDOWELL KY FLOOD
06/17/03 FLOYD HIGHWAY 122 COMPLETELY
COVERED IN PLACES. HIGHWAY
979 COVERED IN WATER.
BASEMENT FLOODED. REPORTED
BY 24 HOUR POINT.
0155 AM 550 E&W HINDMAN KY FLOOD
06/17/03 KNOTT HIGHWAY 1088 COVERED BY
LOTTS CREEK AND YELLOW
CREEK.REPORTED BY 24 HOUR
SPOTTER.
0211 AM DORTON KY FLOOD
06/17/03 PIKE ROBINSON CREEK OUT FLOOD
FURNITURE STORE IN DORTON.
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.
CMThe Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Kentucky Highway 476 was impassable due to one half foot of water flowing over the road.
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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