Heavy rain from strong thunderstorms lead to isolated flooding in Breathitt and Perry counties during the predawn hours of June 15th.
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Heavy rain from strong thunderstorms lead to isolated flooding in Breathitt and Perry counties during the predawn hours of June 15th.
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 Jun 15, 1:40 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 240 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 .SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TONIGHT/ THE LAST OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AREA FINALLY MOVING OUT OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS EVENING GENERALLY RODE RIGHT ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE JKL FORECAST AREA FROM FLEMING TO PIKE COUNTY. THIS WAS REALLY A LOW TOPPED FAIRLY PERSISTENT SUPER CELL. THERE WERE REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO ONE INCH AND TREES DOWN ALONG THE PATH. IN EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...THERE IS A NARROW SWATH OF DAMAGE WHICH WE WILL LOOK AT TOMORROW MORNING TO SEE IF IT WAS A POSSIBLE LOW END TORNADO OR WHETHER IS WAS JUST STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WE HAD A COUPLE REPORTS OF TREE GETTING SNAPPED OFF...SO THE WINDS WERE FAIRLY STRONG. A WEAK MCS IS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL KY. EXPECT JUST A GLANCING BLOW IN THE I 75 CORRIDOR SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY. IT WILL BE MOSTLY SHOWERS...HOWER...MAY GET A RUMBLE OF THUNDER. FOG WILL FORM AGAIN TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY WHERE IT RAINED TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE SOME PATCHES OF DENSE FOG. THE REST OF THE FORECAST IS ON TRACK. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/ CONVECTION IS NOW FIRING TO THE WEST WHERE MOISTURE HAS POOLED ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH RESULTING IN A MUCH MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS THAN IS PRESENTLY LOCATED OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY. NONETHELESS... 14/12Z NAM AND CRAS PROGS INDICATE THESE STORMS WILL PROPAGATE INTO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AS STATED EARLIER... PLENTY OF INSTABILITY AVAILABLE AND INCREASING MID LEVEL WINDS ALOFT ALONG WITH SOME DRY MID LEVEL AIR ARE ALL SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON FOG TONIGHT. CURRENTLY WE ANTICIPATE AT LEAST AREAS OF FOG TO DEVELOP... SOME DENSE... BUT IF TOO MUCH CLOUD COVER PERSISTS AFTER THE CONVECTION ENDS THEN THAT MAY BE TOO AGGRESSIVE. A WARM FRONT WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING TRIES TO BUILD NORTHEASTWARD FROM TEXAS. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE FOCUS FOR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO VARY IN THEIR DEPICTIONS OF THIS PRECIP BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT THE PERIOD SHOULD BE RATHER UNSETTLED. WILL CARRY HIGHEST POPS (LIKELY RANGE) TUESDAY AFTERNOON BUT REALLY CANNOT RULE OUT A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM AT ANY TIME. PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL APPROACH 2 INCHES BY TUESDAY SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. SPC ALSO CONTINUES TO OUTLOOK PARTS OF THE AREA AS HAVING A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AS A SHORTWAVE CROSSES THE NORTHERN PLAINS PROMOTING INCREASING UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE OVER THE BLUEGRASS STATE AT THAT TIME. OTHERWISE... VERY LITTLE CHANGE ANTICIPATED WITH TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 80S WHILE LOWS FALL INTO THE MID 60S FOR MOST LOCATIONS. .LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/ UNSETTLED WEATHER IS STILL IN THE OFFING. THE GENERAL SCENARIO EARLY IN THE PERIOD INVOLVES AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL CONUS WITH WNW FLOW ALOFT LOCALLY. MEANWHILE...LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION IS EXPECTED WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY. THIS SCENARIO FAVORS PERIODIC SHOWERS AND STORMS AND POTENTIAL MCS DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IN THE DETAILS IS STILL SOMEWHAT LACKING. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF DO CONTINUE TO SUGGEST ENHANCED POPS ON WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVES THROUGH ALONG WITH A SURFACE SYSTEM TO OUR NW ENHANCING WARM AIR ADVECTION. MEXMOS POPS ARE 70 PERCENT IN THE 00Z RUN. NOT PREPARED TO MAKE THAT JUMP YET...BUT WILL UP IT A NOTCH TO 60 PERCENT. AFTER THIS...WILL USE 30-40 PERCENT POPS THROUGH FRIDAY...EXPECTING FURTHER REFINEMENTS LATER. BY FRIDAY...THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH HAVE DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE SIGNIFICANT MIDWEST WEATHER SYSTEM AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY IS ABLE TO FLATTEN THE RIDGE AND SUPPRESS IT WESTWARD AS IT SLIDES DOWN ITS EASTERN SIDE. CONFIDENCE IN THE DETAILS IS VERY LACKING...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS WOULD INITIALLY TAKE THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WELL TO OUR NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY COLD FROPA SATURDAY. HAVE USED A SLIGHTLY HIGHER POP ON SATURDAY AT 50 PERCENT. AFTER THIS...HAVE INCLUDED LOW CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS UNDER THE UPPER TROUGH DURING THE WEEKEND. THE WARMEST DAY IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AS WE END UP FURTHER INTO THE WARM SECTOR...FOLLOWED BY COOLING OVER THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION.../06Z TO 06Z/...UPDATED A STRAY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE LEFT BEHIND BY THE EARLIER STORMS AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL KEEP FOG IN THE PICTURE... BECOMING LOCALLY DENSE. ACCORDINGLY...HAVE CARRIED A VCTS INITIALLY THEN BRING PREVAILING IFR VIS TO THE TAFS WITH A TEMPO FOR VLIFR CIGS AND VIS AROUND DAWN. THE FOG WILL GRADUALLY LIFT BY MID MORNING SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE CWA. AS A RESULT...PUT A PREVAILING IN FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND MVFR VIS AND CIG BY MID AFTERNOON. WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...ABE/JJ LONG TERM....HAL AVIATION...GREIF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1036 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-160545- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-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- 1036 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. AREAS OF FOG ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE FOG MAY BECOME LOCALLY DENSE...RESTRICTING THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN SHELTERED VALLEYS AND NEAR LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MOST LOCATIONS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FROM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AN ALREADY WET GROUND FROM RECENT RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN THIS WEEK COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ABE/JJ
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:01 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
An observer recorded 1.46 inches of rain in 1 hour with a peak rainfall rate of 7.4 inches.
Route 476 was closed due to flooding.
Approximately 25 homes were flooded along Highway 476 between Dwarf and Bulan. Rain started in the area around 530 am. A local rain gage measured 3 inches of rain between 530 and 630 am.
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