Scattered thunderstorms caused flooding of several roads in central Rockcastle county during the evening hours of September 25th.
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Scattered thunderstorms caused flooding of several roads in central Rockcastle county during the evening hours of September 25th.
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 Sep 25, 1:49 PM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 249 PM EDT FRI SEP 25 2009 .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...UPDATED SHRA/TSRA HAVE BEGUN TO OVER SPREAD OUR SRN COUNTIES. HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION WAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY BUT THE TREND IS NORTH. WITH ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IN TN EXPECT TREND TO CONTINUE. CLOUD COVER HAS RESTRICTED FOR MOST OF THE CWFA...HOWEVER THE CELLULAR NATURE OF THE CLOUDS IN THE SOUTH HAVE ALLOWED THOSE LOCATIONS TO EXCEED THEIR FCST HIGHS BY A COUPLE DEG. WITH THE SETTING SUN THE CLOUDS SHOULD RETURN TO STRAUS AND COVERAGE WILL INCREASE TO BLANKET OVC. THIS WILL HOLD LOW TEMPS UP AND EVEN WITH LIKELY POPS TONIGHT AND NEARLY 100 POP ON SAT WILL KEEP TEMPS A DEG OR TWO BETWEEN THE MOS MAX/MIN RANGE. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FNT SAT AFTERNOON/EVENING AND THE CESSATION OF THE HEAVY PCPN. COULD BE A FEW LINGERING SPRINKLES BEHIND THE FNT BUT THE HEAVY PCPN WILL END BY MIDNIGHT SAT NIGHT. WILL UPDATE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS EVENING TO REFRESH THE WORDING BUT THE TIMING STILL LOOKS GOOD. ACCUMULATED PCPN FCST TO RANCE FROM 3-4 INCHES IN THE KY AND CUMBERLAND RIVER HEADWATERS DOWN TO 1.5 TO 2 TOWARDS THE I-75 AND I-64 CORRIDORS. .LONG TERM.../SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...UPDATED MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT UNTIL THE END OF THE PERIOD. UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN TIER...MINNESOTA PIVOTS DOWN INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. IN RESPONSE...CORRESPONDING SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY MORNING. MODELS INDICATE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WITH THIS FAST MOVING BOUNDARY. BUT WITH SUCH A POTENT SYSTEM...GOOD BOUNDARY LAYER DYNAMICS...COULD NOT RULE OUT SOME ISOLD TO SCT SHOWERS ALONG THE FRONT ITSELF. THEREFORE... REINTRODUCED A SLIGHT POP INTO THE FORECAST BY DAWN MONDAY. A MUCH COOLER...DRIER AIR MASS FILLS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY BEHIND THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT FOR A TRUE TASTE OF SOME FALL LIKE WEATHER. THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST REMAINS DRY WITH A VERY GRADUAL MODERATION IN TEMPS. WITH THE OPERATIONAL GFS SO MUCH FASTER WITH THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN...AND A SECOND FRONTAL SYSTEM AT THE END OF THE PERIOD AS COMPARED TO THE ECMWF AND ENSEMBLE MEAN...DECIDED TO SLOW THE REBOUND OF TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEK VERSUS MOS GUIDANCE. && .AVIATION.../18Z TO 18Z/ LOW STRATUS HAS PERSISTED AND WITH THE SAT CONFIRMING...WILL CONTINUE ALTHOUGH IT MAY BECOME MORE CELLULAR FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON. SHRA/TSRA MOVING BACK INTO SRN KY AND HAS ALREADY MADE IT TO THE SRN PORTION OF INTERSTATE 75. EXPECT THIS PCPN TO OVERSPREAD THE REST OF ERN KY IN PREPARATION OF AN EXTENDED HEAVY RAIN EVENT. CIG/VSBY MAY COME UP TO MVFR BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER BY THIS EVENING... EXPECT TO SEE THE CIGS AND VIS GO BACK DOWN AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD AND THE FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE WEST. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120. && SHORT TERM...DUSTY LONG TERM...RAY AVIATION...DUSTY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 346 PM EDT FRI SEP 25 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-262300- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...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 346 PM EDT FRI SEP 25 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING AND MAY RESULT IN SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL FROM THIS EXTENDED RAIN EVENT AND THE CURRENTLY SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE AREA RIVERS TO RISE BUT THEY SHOULD STAY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF RAINFALL GREATER THAN ONE INCH AND ANY OBSERVATIONS OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. JJ/DUSTY
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reported flowing over a bridge along Highway 1912 just north of Highway 1004. Water was also reported over Climax Road in the Orlando area.
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