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 18, 3:57 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 457 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 MORE OF THE SAME. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY LAYING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA CONTINUING TO BE THE FOCUS FOR ONGOING PRECIP. WIDELY VARYING POPS FOR TONIGHT WITH CATEGORICAL ALONG THE BORDER TO LOW CHANCE NORTH. ANOTHER MID-LEVEL VORT RIDING UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO GIVE A GOOD SHOT AT RAIN ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. GOOD CONVERGENCE ZONE NEAR THE SURFACE TOMORROW AS FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST TOMORROW AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. AM GOING WITH INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY FOR TOMORROW AS AFTERNOON RAIN IS A VERY GOOD BET. ALL GUIDANCES LEANING TOWARD RAIN. WILL KEEP FRIDAY MOSTLY CLOUDY AS STRONG UPPER LOW KEEPS CLOSEBY...THEREFORE TEMPS WILL BE MUCH COOLER THAN MOS GUIDANCES. EXTENDED...UPPER RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AND THEN GRADUALLY MOVES OFF OF THE EAST COAST BY TUE NIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...A MEAN TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN US. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AND THEN DRIFT OFF THE EAST COAST MY MON. THIS WILL LEAD TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER THE WEEKEND WITH FEW CLOUDS...A WELCOME CHANCE FROM THE CURRENT PATTERN. AS THE HIGH DRIFTS OFF THE EAST COAST...A RETURN FLOW OF MOISTURE WILL BEGIN ON TUE. THIS COULD LEAD TO A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUE AND WED...BUT FOR NOW HAVE KEPT POPS BELOW SLIGHT CHANCE CRITERIA UNTIL VERY LATE NEXT WED NIGHT. BY THAT TIME...THE TROUGH THAT WILL BE OVER THE WEST THIS WEEKEND WILL SHEAR ON OUT TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. A SFC COLD FRONT SHOULD ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM AND BRING THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIP AT THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. AS FOR TEMPS...WENT WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...TEMPS SHOULD REACH THE MID 80S FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAY 10TH. WET GROUND EARLY ON SAT INTO SUN MAY SUPPRESS TEMPS A BIT FROM MEX GUIDANCE. .JKL...NONE. SHORT TERM: HEINLEIN LONG TERM: PELTON -------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATED TO LOWER TEMPS ACROSS THE CWA AND INCREASE POPS IN SOUTHEAST DUE TO TRAINING OF STORMS FROM MID TN TO SOUTHEASTERN KY. .JKL...NONE. HEINLEIN -------------------------------------------------------------------- 350 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 SHORTWAVE OVER OHIO VALLEY PULLING OFF TO NORTHEAST...WITH TAIL END OF REMNANT SHOWERS GRADUALLY EXITING REGION. OTHERWISE...A FEW SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS STILL OUT THERE. SOME PATCHY FOG OUT THERE FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...BUT OBS SHOW VISIBILITIES ON THE INCREASE AT MANY LOCATIONS NOW. A PIECE OF ENERGY FROM THE SHORTWAVE OVER LA TO TRACK JUST SOUTH OF THE TN VALLEY TODAY. THEN REST OF SHORTWAVE GETS PICKED UP IN FLOW AHEAD OF LONG WAVE THROUGH MOVING INTO EASTERN US FROM CANADA...AND COMPLETES ITS TRACK ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES. LONG WAVE TROUGH DEVELOPS INTO A CUT OFF LOW OVER EAST COAST BY WEEKEND. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT LEAVES THE REGION IN PLEASANT AND DRY AIRMASS FOR THE WEEKEND. UNTIL THEN MUST CONTEND WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. INSTABILITY STILL EXISTS ACROSS REGION...BUT LACKING ON FOCUSING MECHANISM. STILL CAN NOT RULE OUT CHANCE FOR PRECIP...BUT MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH DAYTIME HEATING. SHORT WAVE ENERGY TO STAY SOUTH TODAY...ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SFC WAVE...GIVING BEST SHOT OF RAIN ACROSS TN AND TO EAST INTO VA/WV. BIGGEST CONCERN IS EXTREME SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. WITH ALL THE RAIN OF PREVIOUS FEW DAYS...AND FF GUIDANCE LOW...PW STILL IN THE 1.5 INCH RANGE...CANT HELP BUT TO CONSIDER AN AFTERNOON FFA FOR THOSE EXTREME THREE OR FOUR COUNTIES. HOWEVER...MODELS SEEM TO AGREE WITH DRYER TREND...JUST THAT AVNS TREND IS SLOWER. BOTH MODELS KEEP FOCUSING MECHANISM...OR VORT CENTER TO SOUTH AND EAST. AND FLOODING OF PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS BEEN WITH TRAINING OF HEAVY SHOWERS. DONT SEE THAT AS A PROBLEM RIGHT NOW...SO WILL KEEP FFA OUT OF FORECAST. HOWEVER...NEXT SHIFT MAY WANT TO LOOK AT POSSIBLE FFA FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST COUNTIES WITH UPCOMING MODEL RUNS...OR IF PRECIP BANDS TRACK FURTHER NORTH THAN EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOOON. COLD FRONT TRACKS INTO REGION THURSDAY. SOME QUESTION ON EXACT TIMING...BUT APPEARS IT MAY PUSH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GOOD INSTABILITY ON TAP FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON IF THIS PANS OUT. BEST NEWS IS THAT IT BRINGS IN DRYER AND PLEASANT AIR MASS FOR A NICE WEEKEND. .JKL...NONE. RAY --------------------------------------------------------------------- PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1150 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 PCPN HAS PRACTICALLY FINISHED FOR THE TIME BEING. HOWEVER WITH THE FNT STALLED ACROSS THE LENGTH OF THE STATE...DON/T FEEL THAT WE CAN TOTALLY DROP THE CHC OF PCPN. WILL LOWER POPS AND CANCEL THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. STILL HAVE ONGOING FLOODING AND WILL RE-ISSUE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AFFECTED COUNTIES. RIVERS ARE A MIXED BAG BUT NO RIVERS ARE CURRENTLY FCST TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. WILL ISSUE NEW FCST WITH THE ENDING OF THE FLOOD WATCH. HAVE ADDED FOG FOR ALL AREAS DUE TO THE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS. SKIES HAVE DECREASED IN COVERAGE SO TEMPS SHOULD BOTTOM OUT AT THE DWPTS. DUSTY
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-191100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 704 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOME AREAS. WHERE SHOWERS AND STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE DANIEL BOONE PARKWAY AND KENTUCKY ROUTE 80. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE UNLIKELY...A FEW ISOLATED REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...MAINLY IN AREAS NEAR THE TENNESSEE AND WEST VIRGINIA BORDERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO PASS ALONG ANY REPORTS OF 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 23:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
There were 8 to 10 inches of water flowing over United States Highway 421 and 12 to 15 inches of water flowing over Little Goose Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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