3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jan 22, 9:30 PM EST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 930 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2006 .DISCUSSION... LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS INVERTED TROF LOCATED ACROSS THE CWA. LATEST RADAR IMAGES SHOWS LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. 850 JET CONTINUES TO TRANSPORT COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE NORTHWARD. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS WESTERN TENNESSEE. LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO RIDE THE BOUNDARY INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 850 THETA E RIDGE WILL SHIFT ACROSS THE CWA OVERNIGHT AND THE CURRENT QPF VALUES LOOK GOOD WITH 1 TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. FOR THE GRIDS...OVERALL ONLY MADE A FEW MINOR CHANGES...BASED ON CURRENT RADAR RETURNS. MADE MINOR CHANGES TO THE TEMPERATURE GRIDS TO SHOW MORE STEADY READINGS. HEAVY RAIN WORDING REMAINS ALONG WITH THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. UPDATED PRODUCTS OUT SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 430 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2006 SHORT TERM(TONIGHT-WED)... PRIMARY FORECAST PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN WILL BE TONIGHT AND TOMORROWS HEAVY RAIN EVENT. MOST MODELS SLOWED DOWN EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY SITUATED OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS. SKY...WEATHER...AND PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY GRIDS WERE ALL TWEAKED TO REFLECT SLOWER SYSTEM PROGRESSION. DEEP MOISTURE...LIGHT STEERING WINDS...AND STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW HAVE COMBINED TO FORM A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...THAT EXTENDS FROM TEXAS TO SOUTHERN OHIO. A FEW LOCATIONS AROUND TO FORECAST AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF REPRIEVE FROM THE NEXT BATCH OF RAIN UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. AFTER THAT...THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. COUPLE THIS WITH INTERACTION WITH ANOTHER JET STREAM AT AROUND 500 MB...AND STEADY MOIST FLOW...THE STAGE WILL BE SET FOR A CONTINUING HEAVY RAIN EVENT ACROSS MOST OF THE FA. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT TAKING PLACE. TEMPERATURES MAY DROP A DEGREE OR SO THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT...BUT WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN NEAR STEADY WITH THE MOIST ENVIRONMENT. WINDS COULD BECOME A BIT GUSTY AT TIMES AS WELL AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES BY TO THE SOUTH. THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL VALUES DURING THE DAY WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY...AND FRIDAY. MODEL DEWPOINTS WERE WAY OVERDONE BY THE MESOETA AND WERE TWEAKED PER CURRENT TRENDS. EXTENDED(THU-SUN)...SFC AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SHOULD WORK ACROSS THE REGION TO START THE EXTENDED TIME FRAME. THIS WILL LEAD TO A COLDER...THOUGH NEAR CLIMO NORMAL...TEMP TO START THE DAY ON THU. UPPER AND SFC RIDGING SHOULD DOMINATE THROUGH FRI...BEFORE A SW/V MOVES FROM THE SOUTHER ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS/MS VALLEY ON SAT AND THEN GREAT LAKES/EASTERN CANADA ON SUN. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM SHOULD CROSS THE CWA EITHER LATE SAT NIGHT OR SUN. WITH THE HIGH SETTLING OFF THE EAST COAST ON FRI...THERE SHOULD BE SOME RETURN FLOW MOISTURE FOR THE WEEKEND SYSTEM TO WORK WITH. THE GFS TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM IS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN THE 12Z ECMWF. IN ADDITION...THE GFS IS FURTHER SOUTH WITH A LEAD SW/V ON FRI. FOR NOW...DISCOUNTED THIS SOLUTION AND WENT CLOSER TO THE ECMWF. MADE SOME MINOR TEMP ADJUSTMENTS...MAINLY FOR WARMER HIGH ON FRI AND SAT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. ALSO...RAISED POPS INTO THE CHANCE RANGE 1106 AM EST SUN JAN 22 2006 FORECAST IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE THIS MORNING. ONLY CHANGE MADE WAS TO REMOVE MORNING AND AFTERNOON WORDING FROM THE TEXT PRODUCT. 410 AM EST SUN JAN 22 2006 LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TONIGHT. STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL BE CATALYST FOR RAIN TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE DAY TODAY. MODELS SOUNDINGS...AND INSTABILITY PARAMETERS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTH LATE TODAY...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA OVERNIGHT. ONLY MINOR DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS...MAINLY WITH THE POSITIONING OF THE MAIN SWATH OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CARRY PULL PLENTY OF GULF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. ADD IN AN INCREASING 850H LLJ ON THE ORDER OF 60+ KTS BY TONIGHT...PW VALUES OF BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5...AND FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WITH A DEVELOPING JET COUPLET AND THE STAGE IS SET FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THROUGH MUCH OF EAST KENTUCKY. EASTERN KENTUCKY WILL BE ONE OF THE AREAS UNDER GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING. ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL BUT THE BLUE GRASS COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY...EARLY TUESDAY. AT PRESENT EXPECT LITTLE MORE THAN A FEW EXTRA CLOUDS. A FEW SPRINKLE MAY NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION...BUT LEFT FCST WORDING DRY FOR NOW. STAYED CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE FOR POPS AND TEMPS. ONLY MADE SOME TWEAKS TO TEMPS TO ACCOUNT FOR AN EXPECTED...SMALLER DIURNAL TREND IN TEMPS WITH HEAVY PRECIP AND CLOUDS. MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EXTENDED. GFS HAS BEEN TRENDING SLOWER AND FURTHER SOUTH WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT TRACKS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CONUS AT THE END OF THE WEEK. CONSEQUENTLY LOWERED...AND PUSHED TIMING OF POPS BACK TO JUST BEYOND THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. ACCORDINGLY MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS IN TEMPS AS WELL. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FOR ENTIRE CWA UNTIL NOON MONDAY...EXCEPT FLEMING...BATH AND MONTGOMERY...UNTIL 9 AM && 25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 510 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2006 KYZ052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-231200- ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE- MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE- MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER- MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 510 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW AND THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WILL DETERMINE AREAS MOST AT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. GENERALLY ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS POSSIBLE. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLOOD REPORTS THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. KYZ044-050-051-231200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE 510 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW AND THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WILL DETERMINE AREAS MOST AT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. GENERALLY ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY HIGH WATER CONCERNS THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. JP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1238 AM EST MON JAN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 SW CLAY CITY 37.85N 83.94W
01/23/2006 POWELL KY EMERGENCY MNGR
12 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS SEVERAL AREAS OF
HIGHWAY 82...HARDWICK ROAD...AND ADAMS RIDGE ROAD.
&&
PGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
143 AM EST MON JAN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0138 AM FLASH FLOOD IRVINE 37.70N 83.97W
01/23/2006 ESTILL KY EMERGENCY MNGR
PORTIONS OF DARK HOLLOW AND CLEAR CREEK ROADS OFF OF
RICHMOND ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. PORTIONS OF
DRIFTWOOD DRIVE OFF OF COB HILL ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER.
&&
PGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
146 AM EST MON JAN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0134 AM FLASH FLOOD MONTICELLO 36.84N 84.85W
01/23/2006 WAYNE KY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 1546 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
&&
PGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
222 AM EST MON JAN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 E BEATTYVILLE 37.58N 83.69W
01/23/2006 LEE KY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
PORTIONS OF BLAINES BRANCH ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
&&
PGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
304 AM EST MON JAN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 AM FLASH FLOOD BEATTYVILLE 37.58N 83.71W
01/23/2006 LEE KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 MILE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 52 JUST W OF BEATTYVILLE
HEADING TOWARDS IRVINE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.
&&
PGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
315 AM EST MON JAN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 AM FLASH FLOOD LONDON 37.13N 84.08W
01/23/2006 LAUREL KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
PORTIONS OF MIDDLE GROUND WAY AND COMMERCIAL DRIVE OFF OF
HIGHWAY 25 AS WELL AS SALLYS BRANCH ROAD OFF OF HIGHWAY
80 AND TOBACCO ROAD OFF OF EAST 4TH STREET ARE IMPASSABLE
DUE TO HIGH WATER.
&&
PGThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:34 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Intersection of Highways 26 and 3041 impassable due to high water. Portions of Bacon Creek Road impassable due to high water.
Highway 26 at the underpass impassable due to high water.
Portions of Highway 90 near the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park impassable due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 2006
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: 5486678, 5486679, 5486680.