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 Aug 19, 2:25 AM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 325 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SE US WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY AND TOMORROW WITH SWRLY FLOW HELPING TO ADVECT WARM TEMPS AND AMPLE MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. RELEIF IS IN SIGHT HOWEVER AS A SHORTWAVE DIVING INTO THE SRN CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES CONTINUES EWARD KNOCKING DOWN HEIGHTS (AND TEMPS) OVER MOST OF THE NRN US INTO THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. EARLY THIS MORNING A WEAK BOUNDARY IS EVIDENT OVER THE NRN PORTION OF THE CWA AND SHRA/TSRA ARE MOVING SE ALONG THIS WITH MORE UPSTREAM OVER THE OH VALLEY. EXPECT MOST OF THE UPSTREAM ACTIVITY TO TRACK MORE E THAN S BUT WITH THIS BOUNDARY NEARBY TODAY AND A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVERHEAD FELT COMPELLED TO RAISE POPS UP TO MAV MOS GUIDANCE (50 POP NE/30 POP SW) FOR TODAY TAPPERING DOWN TONIGHT AS BOUNDARY SHIFTS TO THE NE. NO REAL SIGNIFICANT TRIGGERS AROUND ON SAT SO WILL KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR EXPECTED DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION. TEMPS ARE A TOUGH FORECAST TODAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF CONVECTION HOLDING TEMPS DOWN IN SOME LOCATIONS. WILL KNOCK A DEGREE OR TWO OFF OF INHERITED FORECAST DUE TO INCREASED POPS BUT WILL STILL STAY ABOVE MAV MOS GUIDANCE AS H85 TEMPS SUPPORT TEMPS 90 TO 95. SIMILAR H85 TEMPS TOMORROW WITH LESS CONVECTION AROUND SHOULD HELP TEMPS GET A FEW DEGREES WARMER AND INHERITED GRIDS HAD THIS PAINTED WELL. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA LATER TODAY AND AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IN THE HWO AND ZONES. WILL GO WITH PERSISTANCE FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS GENERALLY IN THE 70 TO 75 DEGREE RANGE EACH NIGHT. EXTENDED (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE THRU THE AREA OVERNIGHT SAT AND GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE GFS FOR TIMING. MODELS ARE NOT REAL ENTHUSIASTIC WITH QPF WITH THE FRONT AND IT IS COMING THRU AT AN UNFAVORABLE TIME OF DAY FOR CONVECTION BUT THERE SHOULD BE A FAIRLY SOLID LINE OF SHRA/TSRA ASSOCIATED WITH IT. LARGE SURFACE HIGH SETTLES IN THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. ONLY FLY IN THE OINTMENT MAY BE SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND VORTS COMING DOWN IN THE NRLY FLOW AND DID UP SKY GRIDS A LITTLE MON BUT P/C SHOULD COVER IT. TEMPS ON SUN WERE BUMPED UP A FEW DEGREES AS BULK OF COOLER AIR DOESN/T COME IN UNTIL A SECONDARY COLD FRONT MOVES THRU SUN NIGHT/EARLY MON. REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED LOOKED GREAT AND MADE NO CHANGES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 936 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 00Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN MI AND NORTHERN OHIO. SURFACE BOUNDARY ALSO EVIDENT NEAR OHIO RIVER IN NORTHEAST KY. LATEST SATELLITE SHOWS CONVECTION DEVELOPING PAST COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS NORTHERN MO IN THE VICINITY OF COLD FRONT. CONVECTION HAS EXITED EASTERN KENTUCKY. POSSIBLE MCS DEVELOPMENT OVER MISSOURI TONIGHT...BUT THIS WOULD TRACK EAST ACROSS IL AND INDIANA...NOT AFFECTING ERN KY. WITH BOUNDARY STILL IN OUR VICINITY HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE A 20 POPS FOR TONIGHT RATHERN THAN DROP THE MENTION COMPLETELY. UPDATED GRIDS AND RELATED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. WILL UPDATE THE HWO SHORTLY. 315 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) PASSING S/WS IN ZONAL FLOW ALONG WITH QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED FROM S IL THROUGH E TN...HAS BEEN A BREEDING GROUND FOR CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES. FIRST ONE IS JUST ABOUT OUT OF THE AREA IN THE EAST...HOWEVER SECONDARY LINE IS INFILTRATING FROM WESTERN KY WITH INSTABILITY CONVECTION FORMING OUT AHEAD OF IT. NAM CONTINUES TO HANDLE THINGS INCONSISTENTLY AND HAVE CONTINUED TO FAVOR THE GFS. HAVE THEREFORE CONTINUED TO RUN WITH 50 POP THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE APPROACHING LINE. UPPER RIDGING IN RESPONSE TO AMPLIFYING TROUGH ENTERING THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL LEAD TO HOT AND MUGGY CONDITIONS OUT AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND MCSS TRAVERSING NORTH...HARD NOT TO GO WITH AT LEAST DIURNALLY DRIVEN 30 POPS THROUGH THE SATURDAY TIME FRAME. SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LOW...DUE TO LACK OF FORCING MECHANISMS...HOWEVER ANY STORM INTERACTION OR MCS OUTFLOW COULD EASILY CHANGE THAT WITH CURRENT AIR MASS IN PLACE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RUN BETWEEN 95 AND 100 ON FRIDAY WITH MORE LIKE AROUND 100 ON SATURDAY. WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS IN THE HWO AS WELL AS THE ZONES. LATEST MODEL CONSENSUS IS FOR A FASTER FRONT ARRIVAL. SHOULD BE SOME GOOD PUSH BEHIND THE BOUNDARY...SO WILL PLAY ALONG SLIGHTLY. HAVE 40 POPS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH A 20 TO 30 POP GRADIENT FROM NW TO SE ON SUNDAY AS DRY AIR RUSHES IN AND FRONT SHEARS OUT. EXTENDED...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) NICE AIR MASS CHANGE IN STORE FOR THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE STAYS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND BRINGS A PROLONGED PERIOD OF A NORTHERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND. THIS WILL RESULT IN MUCH MORE PLEASANT CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. TEMPERATURES WILL MODIFY SLOWLY TOWARD THE END OF THE NEXT WORKWEEK...AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES EAST OUT OF THE PLAINS AND WINDS SLOWLY VEER TOWARD THE SOUTH ONCE AGAIN. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && ABE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 503 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-201100- 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 503 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. THERE IS THE SLIGHT RISK...MAINLY NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY...THAT SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. ANY THUNDERSTORM CARRIES THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A FEW OF THE STORMS ON SATURDAY MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. HEAT INDEX VALUES SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 100 DEGREES FOR MOST AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN STORM DAMAGE AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ABE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A mobile home 9 feet above Lick Fork had water inside. Lick Fork Road was flooded with cars floating down highway.
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