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 Mar 6, 4:56 AM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 456 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004 .DISCUSSION... HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND LIGHT RAIN WILL DEPART THE FAR SE CWA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEARLY STEADY IN THE NORTHERN AREAS OF THE CWA TODAY...AND ONLY RISE A FEW DEGREES IN THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS. LOW CLOUDS WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA FOR MOST OF THE DAY...WITH PARTIAL CLEARING TONIGHT. DROPPED FLOOD WATCH...WILL STILL HAVE TO MONITOR RIVER FLOODING. MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT FOR THE SHORT TERM. UPPER LEVEL TROF SETS UP OVER THE OHIO VALLEY...ALLOWING SEVERAL FAST MOVING CLIPPERS TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA. DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THE DAY THE AREA WILL SEE SNOW OR RAIN SHOWERS. GRADIENT TIGHTENS AGAIN ON SUNDAY... HAVE INCREASED WINDS AND GUSTS IN THE GRIDS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 1107 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2004 REASONING FOR UPDATE TONIGHT WAS TO ELIMINATE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE AREA...AS SFC PRESSURE GRAD HAS DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY...AND DAYTIME HEATING LOST. IN TURN...NEEDED TO UPDATE FIRST PERIOD WIND ELEMENTS. POPS WERE NOT A PROBLEM...AS THEY REMAIN PEGGED AT 100...WITH RAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH A MAJORITY OF THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. TEMPS ON TRACK AS WELL. && 505 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2004 LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN CNTRL KENTUCKY. ETA/GFS STILL PUTTING OUT 2 TO 3 INCH QPF AMOUNTS...ONLY THE CORE OF HIGHER VALUES IS SLIGHTLY NORTH AND WEST OF PREVIOUS RUNS. FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ENTIRE AREA. HOWEVER...WITH SHIFT IN FOCUS OF HIGHEST QPF...FLOODING CONCERN MAY NOT BE AS HIGH DUE TO THE FACT THAT MUCH OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION MAY MISS THE HEAD WATER AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. EXTENDED THE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 10 PM AS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE CONTINUED TO COME IN FROM ACROSS CWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH STILL TO SET UP OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WITH MULTIPLE...FAST MOVING SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THE BASE. SO AREA WILL BE UNDER COOL...UNSTABLE PATTERN THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME CONSISTENCY IN THE TIMING OF SHORTWAVES. SO RAISED...INTRODUCED POPS FOR THOSE TIME FRAMES THAT WERE LESS UNCERTAIN YESTERDAY. BOTTOM LINE IS SEVERAL CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEMS WILL BE TRACKING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND DEPENDING ON THE TIMING...DAY VERSUS NIGHT...EASTERN KENTUCKY WILL SEE THE CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. && 1255 AM EST FRI MAR 5 2004 NEEDED TO ADJUST ALL ZONES FOR RISING TEMPERATURES. MOST AREAS WILL HIT MID TO UPPER 70S BY END OF DAY. UPDATE ALREADY OUT. WILL FOCUS NOW ON SHOWERS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ZONES. && 1125 AM EST FRI MAR 5 2004 WINDS PICKING UP THIS MORN AS GRADIENT TIGHTENS AHEAD OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY. NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN EARLIER IN OUR SOUTHWEST COUNTIES. ONE REPORT OF A BRICK AND CONCRETE WALL BLOWING DOWN NEAR CORBIN IN WHITLEY COUNTY. DECIDED TO ISSUE WIND ADVISORY FOR ENTIRE FA THROUGH 4 PM. ADJUSTED SUSTAINED WINDS AND GUSTS IN GRIDS FOR CONSISTENCY. QUICK UPDATE ALREADY OUT. ONLY CHANGE FOR NOW IS ON WINDS. WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT REMAINDER OF PACKAGE. TEMPS ARE CLIMBING PRETTY RAPIDLY AND MAY REQUIRE ADJUSTING LATTER. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. JM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 557 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-071200- BATH KY-BELL KY-BREATHITT KY-CLAY KY-ELLIOTT KY-ESTILL KY-FLEMING KY- FLOYD KY-HARLAN KY-JACKSON KY-JOHNSON KY-KNOTT KY-KNOX KY-LAUREL KY- LEE KY-LESLIE KY-LETCHER KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY-MCCREARY KY- MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-MORGAN KY-OWSLEY KY-PERRY KY-PIKE KY- POWELL KY-PULASKI KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-ROWAN KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY- WOLFE KY- 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 557 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RISES AND POSSIBLY RIVER FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN RIVERS OF CONCERN ARE THE CUMBERLAND AND KENTUCKY RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT...MONDAY MORNING... MONDAY NIGHT...TUESDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY NIGHT. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN FLOODING REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two feet of water was over a low water crossing on Chop Bottom Road, off of Highway 421.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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