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 Nov 30, 6:30 AM EST, 17 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1255 PM TUE NOV 30 2004 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST ON TRACK FOR THE MOST PART. ONLY CHANGES MADE WERE TO HOURLY TEMPS AND MAX TEMPS FOR THE FIRST PERIOD. TEMPS THIS MORNING WERE RUNNING 3 OR 4 DEGREES HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS REFLECTED IN THE GRIDS. DECIDED TO TWEEK TEMPS UP A BIT THROUGH 23Z AND ADJUSTED DAYTIME MAXIMUMS ACCORDINGLY. MODEL DATA ALSO INDICATING POSSIBLE WAA AT 850HPA LEVEL THAT HAD POTENTIAL TO MIX DOWN AND RAISE SURFACE TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGREES. NO OTHER CHANGES WERE MADE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 630 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2004 10Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY POINTING INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY WITH ITS INVERTED TROUGH AXIS. MOSAICED RADARS SHOW THE SITUATION QUITE WELL WITH A LARGE AREA OF RAIN STREAMING NORTH THROUGH CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...NOW ENTERING THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WITH THE RAIN ARE IN THE MIDDLE 40S WITH LOWER 40S SEEN FURTHER EAST AND NORTH WHERE THE DRIER AIR IS EATING UP THE LIGHTER SHOWERS...RESULTING IN JUST VIRGA. THE 00Z MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT THIS MORNING WITH THERE HANDLING OF THE SOUTHWEST CLOSED LOW THAT WILL OPEN UP AND SWING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS TROUGH THEN QUICKLY WEAKENS AND LIFTS INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC LEAVING FLAT ZONAL FLOW THROUGH KENTUCKY UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN A MINOR TROUGH PASSES BY ALMOST UNNOTICED TO THE NORTH. A MORE IMPRESSIVE ONE WILL DIVE DOWN INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY BY SATURDAY MORNING. SLIGHT RIDGING THEN FOLLOWS FOR THE END OF THE WEEKEND. SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL FEATURE AN INCREASINGLY RAINY DAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE RIDES NORTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. STRONG LIFT... PWS APPROACHING 1.40 INCHES...AND 850MB MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL ALL COMBINE TO OVERCOME ANY RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL SUBSIDENCE/DOWN SLOPING ACROSS THE REST OF EAST KENTUCKY BY MID AFTERNOON. EXPECT A GOOD 12 HOURS OR SO OF STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN INTO TONIGHT BEFORE THE LOW MOVES NORTH AND EAST OF THE STATE SWEEPING ITS COLD FRONT THROUGH IN THE PRE DAWN HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A GOOD BET AS WELL INTO TONIGHT AS A LOW LEVEL...850MB ...JET OF 65 KTS MAXIMIZES THE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE BENEATH A 150 KT 300MB JET STREAK AND A LARGE AREA OF UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. ACCORDINGLY...HAVE ADDED HEAVY RAIN TO THE GRIDS AND WORDING TO THAT EFFECT IN THE ZONES. HOWEVER...EXPECT THE RAIN TO BE SPREAD OUT LONG ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE ANY MORE THAN AN ISOLATED FLOODING CONCERN. THEREFORE...HAVE OPTED NOT TO GO WITH A FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME AND JUST HIT IT A BIT HARDER IN THE HWO. CAA WILL LIMIT A TEMPERATURE RECOVER WEDNESDAY AS A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES LINGER OVER THE FAR EAST INTO THE AFTERNOON. DRIER AND COOL WEATHER WILL FOLLOW AND LAST UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN A MOISTURE STARVED CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL PUNCH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS...ENDING BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THIS POSSIBILITY IN THE HWOJKL. MOS TEMPS FROM THE MAV TODAY LOOK BEST AS THE OTHERS ARE TOO WARM GIVEN THE CLOUDS AND RAINFALL. FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...LIKE THE COOLER MET NUMBERS THE BEST...THOUGH THEY ALL ARE SIMILAR AND REASONABLE FOR LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FOR POPS...NOT MUCH TO SAY TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH 100 POPS NEARLY ACROSS THE BOARD...AS SEEN IN THE MET AND MAV. ALSO LIKED THE MAV NUMBERS THE BEST FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING POPS ALLOWING FOR A FEW LINGERING POST FRONTAL SHOWERS/SPRINKLES. AS FOR THE IFPS/GFE GRIDS...REPOPULATED WITH THE MESOETA TEMPS... WINDS AND DEWPOINTS THROUGH 60 HOURS. THESE CAME IN A TAD WARM TODAY SO REVERTED BACK TO THE OFFICIAL GRID WITH JUST A FEW TWEAKS. FOR TONIGHT/S LOW WENT COLDER THAN OFFICIAL...CLOSER TO THE MET NUMBERS AS THE FRONT APPEARS TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE HOURS SOONER THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECASTED. LIKEWISE...WENT WITH A COOLER SOLUTION FOR HIGHS WEDNESDAY AS WE WILL START OUT A BIT COLDER. MOST OTHER CHANGES WERE MINOR IN THE NEAR TERM SINCE THE INHERITED GRIDS WERE IN GREAT SHAPE FOR POPS AND SKY. JUST NUDGED THEM EASTWARD A BIT QUICKER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. LATER ON...I AM MORE IMPRESSED WITH THE FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING CLIPPER...SO ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME LOW QPF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. 1040 PM EST MON NOV 29 2004 PRECIP HAS BEEN WORKING ACROSS WESTERN KY AND TN AND IS NOW TRYING TO ENTER MIDDLE TN AND CENTRAL KY...CURRENTLY AS FAR EAST AS A SDF TO BWG TO BNA LINE. THE PRECIP WAS ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN MS VALLEY WITH AN INVERTED TROUGH EXTENDING INTO THE OH VALLEY. DRY AIR STILL REMAINS AT LOW LEVELS PER CURRENT REGIONAL SFC DEWPOINTS AND 0Z RAOB DATA. VIRGA REMAINS ON RADAR OVER CENTRAL KY AND CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...WITH CEILINGS STILL IN THE MID CLOUD RANGE. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO MOISTEN UP TONIGHT AS MOISUTRE ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT PICK UP...EVENTUALLY SATURATING ENOUGH FOR A GOOD CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN BETWEEN 6Z AND DAWN OVER THE FAR W COUNTIES...WITH BETTER CHANCE HOLDING OFF UNTIL TOMORROW IN THE DRIER EASTERN SECTIONS. TUE CONTINUES TO LOOK RAINY ATTM. WITH THICK CLOUD COVER IN PLACE AND CONSIDERING CURRENT TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS... LOWS OVER THE SW COUNTIES WERE A COUPLE OF DEGREES TOO HIGH...EVEN IF WET BULBING OCCURS WITH ANY PRECIP. SOME VALLEY AREAS ARE ALREADY AROUND 40 DEGREES. HOWEVER...THE GENERAL TREND OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE FOR TEMPS TO HOLD NEARLY STEADY. HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE MIDNIGHT REFERENCES AND TO ACCOUNT FOR MORE OF A STEADY TREND IN OVERNIGHT TEMPS. LOWERED QPF GRIDS OVERNIGHT CONSIDERING THAT MUCH OF THE PRECIP WILL EVAPORATE BELOW THE CLOUD BASE BEFORE REACHING THE GROUND. THIS WAS ALSO IN BETTER AGREEMENT IN ISC. OVERALL...THE GRIDS LOOKED TO BE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. UPDATED ZONES ARE ALREADY OUT. 515 PM EST MON NOV 29 2004 LOW PRESSURE IN TX WITH EXTENDING INVERTED TROUGH WILL PUSH NE THROUGH THE OH VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAIN PRECIPITATION FIELD IS WELL OFF TO THE WEST...WITH LOTS OF VIRGA PRESENT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN KY. EXPECT THE DRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHEN SATURATION TAKES PLACES FROM WEST TO EAST ALONG WITH INCREASED FORCING. MAIN PRECIPITATION WORKS IN FOR TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH WITH THE CURRENT LOW TRACK...DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL LIMIT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHEAST UNTIL INTO TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN WINDS VEER AROUND. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWING LIS ABOVE +2...WITH PROFILES LOOKING MOIST ADIABATIC. WITH LOW COMING CLOSE...EXPECTING EMBEDDED BURSTS OF CONVECTION BUT NOT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE A T-STORM CHANCE. RESERVED HEAVY RAIN WORDING FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS IN THE AFTERNOON...AS LOW LEVEL JET RAMPS UP ALONG WITH GOOD UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WITH THE INFLUENCE OF A RIGHT ENTRANCE JET STREAK REGION. A FEW STREAKS OF EMBEDDED CONVECTION COULD CAUSE SOME ISOLATED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM PROBLEMS...SO HAVE MENTIONED IN HWO. MODELS HAVE EXITED THE SYSTEM SLIGHTLY FASTER WEDNESDAY MORNING...SO HAVE ADJUSTED POPS DOWN A TAD...BUT STILL KEPT SLIGHTLY HIGHER NUMBERS THAN MOS AS MORE TIMES THAT NOT...PRECIP LINGERS A BIT LONGER THAN MODEL PREDICTION. EXTENDED...FLOW PATTERN TRANSITIONS TO A MORE PROGRESSIVE NATURE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. INTERMITTENT NORTHERN STREAM S/WS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOL. KEPT A DRY FORECAST GOING...AS MOISTURE LOOKS LIMITED WITH S/WS. NEXT BEST SHOT OF PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO HOLD OFF UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH PUSHES EAST INTO THE PLAINS BY MONDAY. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && RICHEY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 513 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2004 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-011200- BATH-BELL-BREATHITT-CLAY-ELLIOTT-ESTILL-FLEMING-FLOYD-HARLAN-JACKSON- JOHNSON-KNOTT-KNOX-LAUREL-LEE-LESLIE-LETCHER-MAGOFFIN-MARTIN- MCCREARY-MENIFEE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWSLEY-PERRY-PIKE-POWELL-PULASKI- ROCKCASTLE-ROWAN-WAYNE-WHITLEY-WOLFE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE... CAMPTON...FLEMINGSBURG...FRENCHBURG...HARLAN...HAZARD...HINDMAN... HYDEN...INEZ...IRVINE...JACKSON...LONDON...MANCHESTER...MCKEE... MIDDLESBORO...MONTICELLO...MOREHEAD...MOUNT STERLING... MOUNT VERNON...OWINGSVILLE...PAINTSVILLE...PIKEVILLE...PINEVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...SALYERSVILLE...SANDY HOOK...SOMERSET...STANTON... WEST LIBERTY...WHITESBURG...WHITLEY CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG 513 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT COULD LEAVE BEHIND UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL BY MORNING. AS A RESULT...MINOR ...NUISANCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. GREIF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1141 PM EST TUE NOV 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1119 PM FLASH FLOOD LONDON 37.13N 84.08W
11/30/2004 LAUREL KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAUREL COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED CREEK FLOWING OVER COURT
ROAD IN DOWNTOWN LONDON. ROAD CLOSED.
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CPIEPERThe Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
This flash flood event began at 2319 EST on November 30th. Water was reported flowing over Court Road in downtown London.
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