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 14, 10:55 PM EST, 22 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1155 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 .DISCUSSION SHRA/TSRA HAVE ALL BUT EXITED THE SERN COUNTIES OF OUR CWFA. STORMS ALONG THE VA BORDER ARE NOT PRODUCING THE COPIOUS RAINS OF THE PAST AFTERNOON. WILL ISSUE A QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE MIDNIGHT WORDING AND THE FLOOD WATCH AND ADD AREAS OF FOG. ALL MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES CIG/VIS OF 100 AND 1/4 FOR MANY AREAS BUT ESPECIALLY IN OUR SWRN COUNTIES. WILL NEED TO EVALUATE GUIDANCE AS IT COMES IN BUT THE NGM INDICATING OVER 1.5 ADDITIONAL INCHES FOR JKL OVER THE NEXT 18 HR STARTING AROUND 15/12Z. MAY NEED TO REISSUE FFA FOR TUE AFTERNOON. THE AIRMASS WILL BE RELATIVELY UNCHANGED FROM TODAY AND WITH THE BOUNDARIES LAYING AROUND...SHOULD BE NUMEROUS FOCAL POINTS FOR RENEWED ACTIVITY AS SOON AS THE SUN HEATS THINGS UP. && .PREV DISCUSSIONS... 549 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS THE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS KICKED UP AROUND NOON TODAY ALONG A BOUNDARY IN SE KY AND CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARDS THE NE. FOR THE NEAR TERM...CHALLENGING FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH A FRONT DROPPING SOUTH AND REMAINING IN THE AREA...COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF GULF MOISTURE AND WARM TEMPS. MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT ALOFT...WITH ZONAL FLOW TO THE NORTH...AND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SE U.S. THE ETA SPREADS A BROADER AREA OF PRECIP FURTHER NORTH THROUGH THURSDAY. LEANED CLOSER TO THE TIMING OF THE ETA...FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AS THE FRONT DIPS SOUTH. LOOKS LIKE TRENDS ARE POINTING TOWARD A FRONT THAT WILL LIKELY BE NEARLY STALLED NEAR THE AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS FROM THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND AS THERE WILL BE NO DYNAMIC FEATURE TO HELP PUSH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY UNTIL AT LEAST THE WEEKEND. THEREFORE CHANCE POPS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED...GENERALLY FOLLOWING A DIURNAL TREND OF HIGHER POPS IN THE AFTERNOON AND LESS TOWARD EVENINGS. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT A COLD FRONT WILL FINALLY PUSH THROUGH BY SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY...AN HAVE TAKEN POPS OUT ACCORDINGLY THERE. && 1151 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 CURRENT SAT PIC SHOWS SEVERAL BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS OVER THE CWA...THE BREAKS WILL ADD TO THE INSTABILITY. H5 SHORTWAVE ALONG WITH A JET MAX...COMBINED WITH SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA SHOULD INITIATE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK...ONLY MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO LOWER HIGHS FOR TODAY...RANGE FROM NO UPDATE PLANNED. && 455 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 SHRA/TS BEGAN DEVELOPING FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KY WEST ALONG THE KY/TN BORDER AROUND 06Z. BUSY UPPER AIR PATTERN WITH MULTIPLE FEATURES AFFECTING E KY WEATHER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. FIRST WILL BE LAST REMAINING DEFINED SHORTWAVE BEFORE FAST ZONAL FLOW TAKES OVER AND SMOOTHES OUT THE WAVES TO WIGGLES. SECOND WILL BE THE GULF UPPER LOW TRANSPORTING MOISTURE AND CLOUD COVER NORTH AND EAST. A BUILDING RIDGE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL SLOW FRONTAL PASSING. INCREASED POPS TODAY TO LIKELY BASED ON A NUMBER OF REASONS. FIRST RADAR TRENDS. ALSO H5 TROUGH AXIS/SHORTWAVE STILL UPSTREAM WITH EXITING JET SPEED MAX. PLENTY OF INSTABILITY TO GO AROUND AS WELL. HAVE TEMPS A LITTLE COOLER TOADY THAN YESTERDAY...EXPECTING MORE CLOUD COVER TODAY. COUPLE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS ON GULF LOW MOVEMENT BETWEEN GFS/ETA. THEREFORE DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO MID RANGE FORECAST. WHAT TRANSPIRES OUT OF GULF LOW INTERACTS WITH A FRONT IN THE NORTHERN STREAM MIDWEEK...KEEPING PRECIP CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && DUSTY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 655 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-104-106>114-119-120-161100- BATH KY-BREATHITT KY-ELLIOTT KY-ESTILL KY-FLEMING KY-FLOYD KY- JACKSON KY-JOHNSON KY-KNOTT KY-LEE KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY- MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-MORGAN KY-OWSLEY KY-PIKE KY-POWELL KY- ROCKCASTLE KY-ROWAN KY-WOLFE KY- 655 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM SOMERSET TO HAZARD TO WHITESBURG. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A POSSIBILITY DUE TO THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG WINDS OR HAIL ON THURSDAY... ESPECIALLY NORTH INTERSTATE 64. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTS TODAY. KYZ079-080-083>088-115>118-161100- BELL KY-CLAY KY-HARLAN KY-KNOX KY-LAUREL KY-LESLIE KY-LETCHER KY- MCCREARY KY-PERRY KY-PULASKI KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY- 655 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SOMERSET TO HAZARD TO WHITESBURG. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...AND POSSIBLY INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL...POSING A THREAT OF FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR REPORTS OF FLOODING. HAL
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:12 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Homes were surrounded by water on Highway 1278. Two cars were washed away.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5406538.