Strong thunderstorms produced flash flooding across portions of Pike county on August 6th. The flooding occurred in Belfry and Phyllis.
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Strong thunderstorms produced flash flooding across portions of Pike county on August 6th. The flooding occurred in Belfry and Phyllis.
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 Aug 6, 6:31 AM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 731 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2012 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 721 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2012 WEAK AND QUITE DIFFUSE COLD FRONT APPEARS TO HAVE SETTLED MID WAY THROUGH THE CWFA. WILL REDUCE THE POPS NORTH OFTHE FRONTAL BNDRY. STILL CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME CLEARING BEFORE RAISING HIGH TEMPS. REST OF FCST ON TRACK. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 257 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2012 COLD FRONT LOOKS TO HAVE FINALLY ENTERED OUR MOST NRN COUNTY. SCT SHRA OVER MOST OF THE AREA BUT PCPN IS LIGHT WITH NO HYDRO CONCERNS OTHER THAN BATH COUNTY THAT HAD ONE GOOD SHRA THAT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WITH THE PARENT LOW FOR THIS FRONT PUSHING INTO ERN CANADA...THE FRONTAL BNDRY IS BECOMING HARDER TO MOVE AND WILL LIKELY SETTLE OVER EXTREME SERN KY. THIS WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF PCPN FOR THE SRN HALF OF OUR CWFA FOR THE SHORT TERM WITH INTENSITY AND COVERAGE BECOMING DIURNAL WITH DAY TIME HEATING. WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT...ONLY OUR NRN COUNTIES WILL SEE MUCH SUNSHINE AND COULD THEREFORE SEE HIGH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S. OTHERWISE...EXPECT HIGHS TO BE SUPRESSED WITH CLOUDS AND PCPN TO THE LOWER AND MID 80S FOR ALL SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64. PATTERN FOR THE SHORT TERM WILL ALSO INCLUDE DIURNAL FOG BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER DARK AND LASTING UNTIL A COUPLE HOURS AFTER SUNRISE. WARM DAYS WITH HIGH HUMIDITY AND WARM NIGHTS WITH FOG WILL BE THE RULE. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 339 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2012 A SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD WITH CHANCES FOR RAIN LINGERING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE KY/VA BORDER ON WEDNESDAY AS THE TROF OVER NERN NOAM IS EXPECTED TO BE DEEPENING IN RESPONSE TO THE WRN CONUS RIDGE AMPLIFYING. A SHORT WAVE/RIDGE ROLLER LOOKS TO BE DIVING ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON THURSDAY WITH AN ASSOCIATED SFC LOW AHEAD OF A COUPLE OF PERTURBATIONS DROPPING DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER LEVEL MEAN TROF. CURRENT CONSENSUS BRINGS THE DEVELOPING SFC LOW THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WITH AN ATTENDANT COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ON FRIDAY. ALL OF THESE FEATURES LOOK TO PROVIDE GOOD CHANCES FOR MORE RAIN FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE THEN LOOKS TO BEGIN BUILDING INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT ON SATURDAY AND SHOULD PROVIDE QUIETER WEATHER OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. MAX TEMPS THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE PERIOD LOOK TO RETURN TO NEAR...TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...WITH HIGHS TOPPING OUT IN THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90 FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE SLIDING INTO THE LOWER 80S FROM FRIDAY ONWARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 730 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2012 DIFFUSE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SAG SOUTH AND MAY ACTUALLY CLEAR OUR TAF SITES YET THIS MORNING. LOW STRATUS AT JKL CAUSING HAVOC WITH CIGS BELOW MINIMUMS AT TIMES. THE LOW STRATUS HAS LOZ/SME IN IFR CIGS WITH ALL VSBY AT 6SM OR BETTER. EXPECT THE IFR CIGS TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE FRONT CAN EASE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO SHOW SOME IMPROVEMENT AROUND 10 AM. FCST SHOULD THEN BE VFR UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT WHEN THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL DROP VSBY TO MVFR. ENOUGH MOISTURE AND DEEP ENUF LAYER TO AFFECT ALL TAF SITES. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...DUSTY SHORT TERM...DUSTY LONG TERM....MB AVIATION...DUSTY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 358 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2012 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-071100- 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 358 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES NEAR THE TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA BORDERS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DUSTY
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:50 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was flowing over Church House Hollow Rd.
Hwy 194 was flooded and impassable above the Grapevine School.
A few back roads remained under water in the Belfry and Toler communities but the water was receding at the time of this report.
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