Slow moving thunderstorms produced flooding which washed out one lane of a road in northwest Breathitt County.
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Slow moving thunderstorms produced flooding which washed out one lane of a road in northwest Breathitt County.
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 10, 1:53 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 253 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 254 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 CURRENT CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY AS OF 1830Z FEATURE A PERSISTENT BOUNDARY STRETCHING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA AND STILL CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING AND TONIGHT. ALONG THIS AND AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SLOWLY MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST. WHILE INSTABILITY BEGINS TO WANE...THE THREAT FOR A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM CREATING SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY WITH THE KIND OF EFFICIENCY THIS ENVIRONMENT HAS. FOR TONIGHT...THE HEAVY RAIN FROM TODAY AND LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN RATHER DENSE FOG DEVELOPMENT AND HAVE PUT THIS INTO THE HWO. AS THE BETTER SUPPORT ROLLS INTO THE AREA TONIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. SO HAVE RAMPED UP POPS ACROSS THE AREA TOWARDS DAWN TOMORROW. MONDAY ALSO LOOKS TO BE LIKE ANOTHER DAY OF CONCERN FOR ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL WITH MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF 1.90 PWATS AND CAPE VALUES IN THE 2000 J/KG RANGE. THE GFS AND NAM SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THIS...THOUGH THE NAM IS A BIT OVERBOARD. THE ONE SAVING GRACE HERE...AT LEAST CONCERNING FLOODING...IS WITH THE INCREASED UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS...THE FLOW IS BIT STRONGER AND STORMS WILL MOVE OVER AREAS QUICK ENOUGH WHERE FLOODING WILL BE LESS OF AN ISSUE. HOWEVER...WITH THIS SET UP TOMORROW THE THREAT OF GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SPC HAS ALSO PUT UP A 5% SEVERE POSSIBILITY. HEADING INTO MONDAY NIGHT...PRECIP WILL LAST A BIT LONGER INTO THE NIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT BEGINNING TO ENTER THE REGION. THIS FORCING SHOULD ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT FOR POSSIBLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. WILL MENTION THESE CONCERNS IN THE HWO. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 254 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE MID TERM PERIOD /12Z TUESDAY/...BECOMING A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW AND MOVING EASTWARD INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES BY 18Z WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED INTO THIS SHORTWAVE ON THE EASTERN SIDE...AHEAD OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL EXTEND SOUTHWARD FROM A SURFACE LOW IN THE SAME LOCATION. FOR 12Z TUESDAY...THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIP AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL BE STATIONED DIRECTLY OVER EASTERN KY...WITH ALL MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT OF THIS SET UP. THE PRECIP WILL THEN ACTUALLY EXPAND IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH PEAK HEATING/INSTABILITY. THEN...AS THE SHORTWAVE AND SURFACE LOW MOVE EASTWARD...EXPECT PRECIP TO BEGIN PULLING OUT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...LINGERING LONGEST ALONG THE HIGHEST TERRAIN NEAR THE VA BORDER WITH WINDS OUT OF THE NW. LAPSE RATES WILL BE LACKING...BUT THERE WILL BE DECENT FRONTOGENESIS AND SOUNDINGS LOOK TO PRODUCE A GOOD SHOT FOR SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN WITH THE RAIN DURING THIS PERIOD. KY WILL THEN FIND ITSELF ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BY WEDNESDAY...AND ENCOMPASSED BY AN AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE. THE MAIN FLOW THEREFORE WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE W/NW...WITH SURFACE WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE BUT PREDOMINATELY NRLY AS WELL. SO LONG AS THIS PATTERN IS IN PLACE...IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT MUCH OF KY WILL REMAIN DRY WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES INTO NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOW 80S WITH LOW HUMIDITY. THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL BRING MORE PRECIP CHANCES BY SUNDAY...BUT MODELS ARE LACKING IN AGREEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM THIS FAR OUT...SO WILL STICK TO WHAT ALLBLEND GIVES /LOW END CHANCES/. REGARDLESS...AS THE WAVE APPROACHES...EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO A MORE SRLY DIRECTION...ALLOWING TEMPS TO CLIMB TO THE LOW AND MID 80S BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND MID AND UPPER 80S BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 124 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER AND RAINFALL WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE DUE TO ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND A STATIONARY WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL KEEP MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. WITH THE RAINFALL AND LIGHT WINDS...FOG WILL BE PROBLEM TONIGHT ALONG WITH LOW CEILINGS. WITH THIS IN MIND...IFR AND BELOW CONDITIONS WILL BE AT ALL TAF SITES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...SHALLENBERGER LONG TERM...JMW AVIATION...SHALLENBERGER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 336 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-112245- 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 336 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN THE PAST 24 HOURS. PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING REMAINING A THREAT ON MONDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF FLOODING THROUGH MONDAY. SHALLENBERGER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1236 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 KYZ068-069-080-101700- ROCKCASTLE-LAUREL-JACKSON- 1236 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON... SOUTHEASTERN ROCKCASTLE AND NORTHERN LAUREL. AT 1235 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS LOCATED NEAR OAKLEY...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF LONDON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...EBERLE AROUND 1245 PM EDT...ATLANTA AROUND 1250 PM EDT...GREENMOUNT AROUND 100 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATE OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. JMW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 230 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 KYZ116-101900- CLAY- 230 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... CENTRAL CLAY. AT 230 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS LOCATED NEAR TANKSLEY...OR NEAR MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...WILD CAT AROUND 235 PM EDT...HENSLEY AROUND 240 PM EDT...BARCREEK AROUND 250 PM EDT...SPURLOCK AROUND 255 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATE OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. JMW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 235 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 KYZ085>087-101900- WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL- 235 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... KNOX... SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY AND BELL. AT 234 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS LOCATED NEAR KAYJAY...OR 8 MILES WEST OF PINEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...INGRAM AROUND 240 PM EDT...NOETOWN AROUND 245 PM EDT...HIMYAR AROUND 250 PM EDT... MIDDLESBORO AROUND 255 PM EDT...CLEAR CREEK SPRINGS AROUND 300 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATE OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. JMW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 313 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 KYZ086-116-101945- KNOX-CLAY- 313 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... NORTHEASTERN KNOX AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY. AT 313 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS LOCATED NEAR LIPPS...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...ASHERS FORK AROUND 320 PM EDT...SKIDMORE AROUND 325 PM EDT...MARCUM AROUND 330 PM EDT...MARCUM AROUND 335 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATE OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. JMW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 344 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-069-080-085>088-104-106>120-110300- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-JACKSON-LAUREL- 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...MCKEE... LONDON...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 344 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...SOME AREAS HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ISOLATED AREAS TO EXPERIENCE SOME NUISANCE FLOODING...WITH STREAMS...DITCHES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS RUNNING FULL. IN THE URBAN AREAS...LOCATIONS THAT EASILY FLOOD OR AREAS WITH DRAINAGE PROBLEMS...MAY EXPERIENCE SOME MINOR FLOODING. SHALLENBERGER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 356 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 KYZ112-114-115-117-102030- LESLIE-OWSLEY-PERRY-BREATHITT- 356 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... NORTHWESTERN LESLIE... SOUTHEASTERN OWSLEY... NORTHWESTERN PERRY AND SOUTHWESTERN BREATHITT. AT 356 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCKHORN LAKE STATE RESORT...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF HYDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...TOULOUSE AROUND 405 PM EDT...CONFLUENCE AROUND 410 PM EDT...BUCKHORN LAKE S.P. AROUND 415 PM EDT...BUCKHORN LAKE S.P. AROUND 420 PM EDT...MOSLEY BEND AROUND 425 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATE OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. JMW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One lane of Highway 541 was washed out near Kentucky Mountain Bible College. The rainfall amount was unknown but two to three inches of water was reported to have been flowing over the road at one time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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