1 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 Apr 14, 5:21 AM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 621 AM EDT WED APR 14 2004 .DISCUSSION... BIGGEST PROBLEM TODAY COMES WITH SNOWFALL FORECAST. TO BEGIN WITH...AS OF ABOUT 530AM THIS MORNING...BLACK MOUNTAIN...IN THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF OUR CWA...ABOVE 3000 FT...CAME IN AT 27 DEGREES. ANY IMPRESSIVE ECHOES HAVE BEEN ONLY SPARSE OVER THE AREA...WITH SIGNS OF WEAKENING THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THOUGHT AT FIRST...THAT RADAR WAS JUST OVERSHOOTING ANY ECHOES OVER THE AREA...BUT THE DE-INTENSIFICATION TREND HAS WORKED IT/S WAY TOWARD THE RDA A GOOD DEAL AS WELL. DESPITE THIS...EXPECT THAT ANY PRECIP WORKING INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE AREA WOULD BE SNOW. PUT IN A CALL TO THE STATE POLICE AT AROUND 5AM TO ENQUIRE AS TO THE CONDITIONS ON HWY 119 IN HARLAN COUNTY...A HIGH ELEVATION PASS. NO ADVERSE CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED....AND A TROOPER HAD JUST TRAVELED THE ROUTE. AS FOR THE ZONES...MENTIONED A CHANCE OF SNOW MIXING IN BELOW 2000 FT...WHICH HAS BEEN REPORTED BY COOP ALREADY THIS MORNING IN JACKSON CO AT ABOUT 1.3KFT...SNOW LIKELY ABOVE 2000 EARLY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH BTWN 2000 AND 3000...AND AROUND 1 INCH ABOVE 3000 FT...A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE CWA. EXPECT CHANGEOVER TO SNOW...WHEREVER IT MAY BE SEEN...WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD COMPLETE...EVEN AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...BY AROUND NOONTIME. BACK EDGE OF PRECIP ASSOCIATE WITH UPPER LOW OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AT 10Z...HAD ALREADY MADE IT EAST OF LEX BY 9Z. AS SUCH...TRENDED BACK POPS FOR TODAY FOR EASTERN AREAS...WHERE PRECIP SHOULD BE BEGINNING TO WRAP UP BY VERIFICATION TIME. THEN WENT HIGH CHANCE IN CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CWA...AND LOW LIKELY EAST AND FAR SOUTHEAST. COVERAGE WILL BE GOOD...BUT QPF LACKING TODAY. INTRODUCED FOG INTO ZONES FOR TONIGHT PER EXTRA MOISTURE LYING AROUND...AND CLEAR SKIES WITH NEARLY CALM WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT. DECOUPLING WILL MORE THAN LIKELY OCCUR...BUT FELT TEMP RANGE WOULD NOT BE SUCH THAT A RIDGE VALLEY SPLIT WAS NECESSARY IN THE ZONES FOR TONIGHT. SPLIT AND FOG REMAIN FOR THURSDAY NIGHT. BEGAN TO TREND UP FRIDAY HIGHS A BIT AS IT LOOKS LIKE RIDGING WILL HELP TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE WARMER AIR QUICKLY...850TEMPS NEARING 9.5 TO 10 DEGREES. DON/T EXPECT COMPLETELY EFFICIENT MIXING FRIDAY THOUGH AS SFC LOW TRACKING NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES AREA MAY INTRODUCE SOME CLOUD COVER...OTHERWISE...THOSE 850 TEMPS WOULD MEAN MUCH WARMER HIGHS. SAT AND SUN STILL ON TRACK FOR HIGHS NEARLY 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID APRIL...AND LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE NORMAL AS WELL. LOOKS LIKE SPLITS WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE AVOIDED BOTH SAT AND SUN MORNINGS...AS A BIT OF CLOUD COVER STILL RESIDENT INTO THE EVENING SAT...AND BRISK WINDS AHEAD OF YET ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT WILL TRACK NORTH OF THE AREA EARLY NEXT WORK WEEK. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 713 PM EDT TUE APR 13 2004 WITH THE EARLIER REPORT OF SNOW IN WAYNE COUNTY...HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REMOVE TIMING FOR SNOW IN THE WESTERN FRINGE OF THE AREA. OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...HAVE ADJUSTED THE TIMING FOR SNOW MIXING IN BELOW 2000 FEET TO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS RATHER THAN TOWARD DAWN. ABOVE 2000 FEET...HAVE LEFT THE TIMING FOR A SWITCH TO SNOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. && 615 PM EDT TUE APR 13 2004 A VERY BUSY DAY ONCE AGAIN. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL HAVE JUST EXITED THE EASTERN END OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND THERE WAS JUST A REPORT OF SNOW AT THE WESTERN END. THE CHANCE OF ANY MORE THUNDER IN THE EAST IS VERY MINIMAL...AND THE PRIMARY CONCERN FROM NOW ON WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE IS AGREEMENT AMONG THE MODELS FOR THE SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES...AND HAVE USED THE MESOETA FOR THE DETAILS OF THE FORECAST. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE EASTERN TIP OF THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST...WITH COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION BEHIND IT TONIGHT. THE UPPER LOW FOLLOWS CLOSELY BEHIND...PASSING OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. THE FREEZING LEVEL WILL LOWER DURING THE NIGHT...AND SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. HAVE MENTIONED THE RAIN POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SNOW EVEN BELOW 2000 FEET LATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...IF THE RECENT REPORT OF SNOW OUT OF WAYNE COUNTY PROVES TO BE MORE THAN A FREAK OCCURRENCE...AN UPDATE WILL BE NEEDED. THE PRECIP WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY OVER ALL BUT THE FAR SOUTHWEST PART OF THE AREA...BUT QUICKLY END. THE MESOETA SUGGESTED THAT THERE WOULD BE A SHARP WESTERN EDGE TO THE CLOUDS DURING THE DAY. THE CLEARING PROGRESSES SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...WITH THE FAR SOUTHEAST AREAS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY. ALL AREAS WILL CLEAR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE DRY WEATHER THEN LASTS INTO THE WEEKEND AS UPPER RIDGING TAKES HOLD. WITH SUNSHINE AND WARMING TEMPS ALOFT...WE WILL HAVE A DRAMATIC WARMUP TO ABOVE NORMAL READINGS FOR LATE IN THE WEEK. THE GFS STILL INDICATED THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL AFFECT US LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY IN THE NEW WEEK. WOULD NOT RULE OUT A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION ON SUNDAY...BUT HAVE HELD POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE. HAVE GONE A BIT HIGHER WITH A MINIMAL CHANCE AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT THEN ARRIVES MONDAY. 548 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2004 PREVIOUS DISCUSSION HAD THE CURRENT CONDITIONS WELL IN HAND. PRECIP CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA HAS GENERALLY HELD TOGETHER...BUT HAS WEAKENED A BIT AS ITS MEANDERED AWAY FROM A TONGUE OF ELEVATED THETA E STRETCHING JUST INTO THE EASTERN REACHES OF THE CWA AS OF 830Z. RUC HAS CURRENT CONDITIONS WELL IN HAND...INCLUDING THE RESOLUTION OF SW ENERGY WORKING ITS WAY TOWARDS THE NORTH INTO THE AREA...IN SUPPORT OF THE PRECIP NOW BEING SEEN. UPPER LOW STILL RESIDES OVER MISSISSIPPI...BUT BY 18Z THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BE WELL INTO THE STATE...OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY. TILT WITH HEIGHT YIELDS A SFC LOW PARKED OVER FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY BY THE SAME TIME. WELL DEFINED ROTATION WILL YIELD A NICE CAA/WAA COUPLET OVER THE AREA AT TIME OF MAX HEATING...WHICH WILL HELP IN DEVELOPING A VERY NICE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CWA FOR THIS AFTERNOON HIGHS. THIS SAME COUPLET WILL HELP TO ISOLATE THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS...OTHER THAN THUNDER LEFT OVER THIS MORNING FROM CURRENT ACTIVITY...TO THE FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. AS FOR THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR THIS AFTERNOON. AS STATED BEFORE...FEEL THAT THE BEST ACTIVITY WILL BE ISOLATED TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA...BUT WILL ALSO DEPEND GREATLY ON THE CLOUD COVER SITUATION. MESOETA INSISTS ON BRINGING A DRY SLOT THROUGH THE FAR EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA AROUND PEAK HEATING...FURTHER STRENGTHENING THE AFOREMENTIONED TEMP GRADIENT. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY CONSISTENT FEATURE...AND SHOWS UP WELL IN RH PLAN VIEWS...NEG OMEGA FIELD...AND ACTUALLY SHOWS UP NICELY IN A 300K WIND/HEIGHT LAYOVER AS AN AREA OF POS 300K HEIGHT ADVECTION. GIVEN THIS...BUFKIT SOUNDINGS ILLUSTRATE VERY IMPRESSIVE CAPE THROUGH THOSE AREAS. LOOKING AT THE GRUN SOUNDING AS AN APPROXIMATION OF OUR FAR EASTERN REACHES...THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE HAIL WITH ANY STORMS THAT FIRE IS GOOD ...GIVEN A WB ZERO OF AROUND 6000FT...OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE CAPE ABOVE THAT...AND FAVORABLE WIND STRENGTH AND SHEAR. THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WINDS SEEMS A VERY REAL THREAT AS WELL GIVEN A NICE LOOKING AREA OF DRY AIR ABOVE 3KM...PLENTY OF WIND TO MIX FROM ALOFT...AND A POSSIBLE STOUT STORM MOTION OF ABOUT 30KTS. STORMS WILL BE TOO HIGH BASED FOR THE HIGH THREAT OF ANY TOR...BUT GIVEN DIR SHEAR OF ENVIRONMENT...ABOVE THREATS ARE ONLY ENFORCED. NOT ONLY THIS...BUT A PAIR OF SW/S DIAGNOSED BY THE META TO SWING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AN ADDITION TO A MARKED AREA OF FRONTOGENESIS...MAY MANAGE TO SERVE AS A FOCAL POINT FOR ANY CONVECTION. CHANGES FOR TONIGHT WERE MINIMAL...KEPT CHANCE OF SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET..ALTHOUGH THE VERY NEWEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS EVEN HIGHER...ALTERATIONS WILL HAVE TO BE LEFT UP TO NEXT PACKAGE. BEYOND TONIGHT...BIGGEST CHANGE INVOLVED TIMING OF DEPARTURE OF CLOUD COVER AND LEFTOVER POPS EXTENDED A BIT LONGER IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS THANKS TO A BIT OF UPSLOPE LATE WED NIGHT...AND ALSO RAISING TEMPS THURS NIGHT A BIT TO REFLECT SOME WAA EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM AND LONGWAVE RIDGING. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE && PIEPER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 635 AM EDT WED APR 14 2004 KYZ087-088-118-120-151100- BELL KY-HARLAN KY-LETCHER KY-PIKE KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...MIDDLESBORO...PIKEVILLE... PINEVILLE AND WHITESBURG 635 AM EDT WED APR 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ANY MORNING SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY NOON...WITH LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BELOW 2000 FEET...LESS THAN AN INCH BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET...AND AROUND ONE INCH ABOVE 3000 FEET. ALSO...PATCHY...DENSE...VALLEY FOG IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THANKS TO LEFT OVER MOISTURE FROM THE RECENT RAINS WITH CLEAR SKIES AND NEARLY CALM WINDS ALLOWING FOR ABUNDANT COOLING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO CALL IN ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON KENTUCKY. KYZ084>086-110-113-115>117-151100- CLAY KY-FLOYD KY-KNOTT KY-KNOX KY-LESLIE KY-MCCREARY KY-PERRY KY- WHITLEY KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...HAZARD...HINDMAN...HYDEN... MANCHESTER...PRESTONSBURG...WHITLEY CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG 635 AM EDT WED APR 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ANY MORNING SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY NOON...WITH LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BELOW 2000 FEET...AND LESS THAN AN INCH ABOVE 2000 FEET. ALSO...PATCHY...DENSE...VALLEY FOG IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THANKS TO LEFT OVER MOISTURE FROM THE RECENT RAINS WITH CLEAR SKIES AND NEARLY CALM WINDS ALLOWING FOR ABUNDANT COOLING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KYZ052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083-104-106>109-111-112-114-119- 151100- BREATHITT KY-ELLIOTT KY-ESTILL KY-JACKSON KY-JOHNSON KY-LAUREL KY- LEE KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY-MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-OWSLEY KY- POWELL KY-PULASKI KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-ROWAN KY-WAYNE KY-WOLFE KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...CAMPTON... FRENCHBURG...INEZ...IRVINE...JACKSON...LONDON...MCKEE...MONTICELLO... MOREHEAD...MOUNT VERNON...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...SANDY HOOK... SOMERSET...STANTON AND WEST LIBERTY 635 AM EDT WED APR 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGES. ANY MORNING SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY NOON...WITH LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. ALSO...PATCHY...DENSE...VALLEY FOG IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THANKS TO LEFT OVER MOISTURE FROM RECENT RAINS WITH CLEAR SKIES AND NEARLY CALM WINDS ALLOWING FOR ABUNDANT COOLING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KYZ044-050-051-151100- BATH KY-FLEMING KY-MONTGOMERY KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG... MOUNT STERLING AND OWINGSVILLE 635 AM EDT WED APR 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PATCHY...DENSE...VALLEY FOG IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THANKS TO LEFT OVER MOISTURE FROM RECENT RAINS WITH CLEAR SKIES AND NEARLY CALM WINDS ALLOWING FOR ABUNDANT COOLING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PIEPER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Persistent rain caused backwater from the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River to flow over Highway 292 near Fluty Lick. The water was three feet deep. Backwater was also reported across Riverfront Road in the community of Warfield.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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